Manindra
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The best way to have an in-house testbed is to convert one of the existing Il-76MDs of the IAF for this purpose. But I don't think IAF would be ready to lose one of it's important airlifters at this point...so another way is to buy 1 or 2 new-build Il-76MD-90A versions directly from Russia and put them under HAL/GTRE control as a dedicated test-bed aircraft.
In fact for such purposes, maybe we can even request RuAF or other Russian scientific agencies to transfer a used Il-76, after refurbishment if necessary, should we think a new-build aircraft is not needed just for testing engines.
Only one answer, contact Ukrain & you could get used IL-76 in dirt cheap for this purpose.
But maintaining them is your headache.