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Aeroflot: 36 Aircraft Currently Under Active Insurance Settlement

05.06.2025

Photo © Aeroflot press service Aeroflot CEO Sergey Aleksandrovskiy provided detailed insights in an interview with Kommersant regarding ongoing negotiations with foreign lessors, the airline’s […]
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Ural Civil Aviation Plant Begins Assembly of First Flight Test Aircraft for TVRS-44 “Ladoga”

05.06.2025

Photo by © UZGA press service In March of this year, the first fuselage of the TVRS-44 “Ladoga,” a turboprop regional aircraft, was delivered to […]
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SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System

04.06.2025

Image © UAC Press Service On June 2nd and 3rd, at the Zhukovsky airfield of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII), the SJ-100 prototype aircraft […]
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MC-21 Undergoes Lightning Protection Ground Tests at Zhukovsky

04.06.2025

Photo © Press Service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation The MC-21-310 aircraft, tail number 73051, is currently undergoing supplementary […]
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Moscow Aviation Institute Develops Wind Tunnel for UAV Propeller and Powertrain Testing

03.06.2025

Illustration generated by neural network / © Russian Aviation Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) is developing a small-scale wind tunnel specifically designed for testing components of […]
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“Aviastar” Achieves Production Rate of Seven Il-76MD-90A Aircraft Annually

02.06.2025

Photo © UAC Press Service On May 30th, Anton Alikhanov, the Minister of Industry and Trade, conducted a working visit to the “Aviastar” aircraft manufacturing […]
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Aeroflot: 36 Aircraft Currently Under Active Insurance Settlement

05.06.2025 First Pilot

Photo © Aeroflot press service Aeroflot CEO Sergey Aleksandrovskiy provided detailed insights in an interview […]

SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System

04.06.2025

MC-21 – May 2025 Digest

02.06.2025

Photo: © Masakatsu Ukon / Creative Commons licence

Where Sanctions Against Russia Lead — The Case of Finnair

27.05.2025

MC-21

MC-21 Undergoes Lightning Protection Ground Tests at Zhukovsky

MC-21 – May 2025 Digest

Assembly of Additional MC-21 Fuselage Sections Completed at Irkutsk Aviation Plant

To the MC-21’s Maiden Flight: Sanctions Did Not Halt the Aircraft’s Development

Russian Tyres for MC-21 and Superjet 100 Complete Qualification Testing

“Aerocomposit” invests over 1.78 billion rubles (approx. $22.25 million) in production upgrade for the MC-21

Superjet 100

SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System

SJ-100 Certification Tests Commence in Komsomolsk-on-Amur

PS-90 Took 12 Years, PD-14 – Ten. Engine for “Superjet” PD-8 Created in Six Years

Rossiya Airlines Removes Business Class Seats from Nine SSJ100 Aircraft

Yakovlev Refutes Gloomy SSJ100 Forecasts of 2022

Experienced Superjet 100 with PD-8 Engines Completes Tenth Flight

Tupolev Tu-214

China Publishes Final Report on AviaStar-Tu Tu-204 Fire in 2022

Flight Tests Continue for Tu-214LL Modernisation and Import Substitution Programme

Tu-214 – 2024 Year-End Review

Roscosmos airfleet has been expanded with a Tu-204-100V aircraft

Tests of Russian systems and equipment began on the Tu-214 flying laboratory

Kazan Aircraft Plant prepares import-substituted Tu-214 for its first flight

Military aviation

Features of the Digital Architecture of the Su-57 Fighter

The First Foreign Customer for the Su-57E Will Begin Operation This Year

Kalashnikov Receives Kudos from Troops for “SKAT 350M” UAV’s Survivability

Russian Aerospace Forces Receive Another Batch of Su-35S Fighter Aircraft

Unmanned, High-Intelligence Reconnaissance/Strike Tandem: ZALA Z-16 – Lancet

TsAGI: Over 10 Parameters Monitored on the MC-21 for Peak Flight Safety

Civil aviation

Ural Civil Aviation Plant Begins Assembly of First Flight Test Aircraft for TVRS-44 “Ladoga”

Where Sanctions Against Russia Lead — The Case of Finnair

Aeroflot Commences Commercial Operation of Russian ACARS System

Rossiya Airlines Removes Business Class Seats from Nine SSJ100 Aircraft

Yakovlev Refutes Gloomy SSJ100 Forecasts of 2022

C919 – A Stress Test for China’s Aviation Industry

Cargo aviation

“Aviastar” Achieves Production Rate of Seven Il-76MD-90A Aircraft Annually

Canada Demonstrates Inability to Protect Foreign Investment and is not a Reliable Partner

Sky Gates Commences Commercial Flights with Second Il-96-400T Aircraft

NASA Records Major Fire at Sviatoshyn Airfield, Where Second An-225 ‘Mriya’ Prototype Was Stored

Second Ilyushin Il-96-400T freighter ready for cargo operations with Sky Gates

Six transport aircraft Il-76MD-90As delivered to Russian aerospace forces in 2024

On the Ukrainian front

Loitering Munition ‘Geran-3’ Achieves Operational Readiness

15.05.2025

Kalashnikov Receives Kudos from Troops for “SKAT 350M” UAV’s Survivability

13.05.2025

Machine Vision Tech Helps ZALA Drones Evade Ukrainian Drone Interceptors

18.03.2025

Russian Military Escalates UAV Deployments to Neutralise Ukrainian Military Infrastructure and Air Defence

05.03.2025

Ukrainian Intelligence Claims “Mopeds” over Kyiv and Odesa are Flying Faster

21.02.2025

Kalashnikov fulfilled all precision-guided weapons contracts in December 2024

14.01.2025

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Latest news

05.06.2025 Aeroflot: 36 Aircraft Currently Under Active Insurance Settlement
05.06.2025 Ural Civil Aviation Plant Begins Assembly of First Flight Test Aircraft for TVRS-44 “Ladoga”
04.06.2025 SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System
04.06.2025 MC-21 Undergoes Lightning Protection Ground Tests at Zhukovsky
03.06.2025 Moscow Aviation Institute Develops Wind Tunnel for UAV Propeller and Powertrain Testing
02.06.2025 “Aviastar” Achieves Production Rate of Seven Il-76MD-90A Aircraft Annually
02.06.2025 MC-21 – May 2025 Digest
29.05.2025 Assembly of Additional MC-21 Fuselage Sections Completed at Irkutsk Aviation Plant
28.05.2025 To the MC-21’s Maiden Flight: Sanctions Did Not Halt the Aircraft’s Development
27.05.2025 Warning to Kyiv: Military Targets Remain Priority as Drone Attacks on Russia Persist

Helicopters

21.05.2025 Mi-171A3 Helicopter Featuring Smart Engine Control System Showcased at LIMA 2025
17.05.2025 Tender Announced for R&D to Expand Operational Properties of the Import-Substituted “Ansat-M” Helicopter
17.05.2025 Ministry of Industry and Trade Announces Tender for R&D on Import Substitution for Ka-62 Helicopter Components
17.05.2025 Mil-171A3 Helicopter to Undergo Enhancements for Expanded Operational Capabilities
08.04.2025 Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade to Invest 5.7 billion roubles in “Ansat” and Mi-38 Modernisation by 2027
06.03.2025 The ODK-Klimov VK-650V Turboshaft Engine Took Five Years to Develop
17.02.2025 IDEX 2025: Ka-32A11M Helicopter for High-Rise Firefighting
20.01.2025 Five Airlines Take Delivery of New Mi-8 Family Helicopters
16.12.2024 Moscow Aviation Centre has received a Ka-32A11VS helicopter
10.12.2024 Izdeliye 305 missile and FAB-3000 with UMPK shock the enemy

Engines

27.05.2025 APD-520: An Innovative Reverse Engineering Approach to Light Aviation Engines
19.05.2025 PS-90 Took 12 Years, PD-14 – Ten. Engine for “Superjet” PD-8 Created in Six Years
18.04.2025 Friction Welding: Critical Technologies in Domestic Aero Engine Manufacturing
14.04.2025 Russian Government Allocates Over 14 Billion Roubles for Further Modernisation of the PD-14 Engine
07.04.2025 Why Turbine Blades Are Key to the Aero Engine Efficiency Race
25.03.2025 “Yakovlev” Receives Additional PD-8 Engines for SJ-100 Certification
24.03.2025 Bench tests using the “Electronic Bird” rig helped reduce the development timeline of the PD-8 engine
11.03.2025 Novel Blade Treatment Methods Enhance Aeroengine Reliability
06.03.2025 The ODK-Klimov VK-650V Turboshaft Engine Took Five Years to Develop
05.03.2025 Rostec Invests in Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Aerospace Industry Competitiveness

Airports

16.05.2025 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport to Showcase Island’s Tourism Potential to Chinese Business Partners
01.05.2025 Europe’s Largest Air-Supported Hangar Enters Service at Kurumoch Airport
01.05.2025 Volgograd Airport Officially Renamed with Historical “Stalingrad” Designation
07.03.2025 Sakhalin Airport Trials Innovative Eco-Friendly Air Conditioning Solution
04.03.2025 New Runway Ready for Operation at Simferopol Airport
26.02.2025 Novokuznetsk Airport Transfers All Domestic Flights to New Terminal
19.02.2025 Construction of Sheregesh Ski Resort Airport to Commence in 2026
04.02.2025 Airline Traffic Sees Passenger Flow Redistribution and Sustained Dominance of Moscow Aviation Hubs
23.01.2025 Pulkovo Airport Trials Locally-Made Aircraft De-Icing Vehicles
26.12.2024 Production tests have begun at the new passenger terminal at Yelizovo Airport

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Aeroflot: 36 Aircraft Currently Under Active Insurance Settlement
Ural Civil Aviation Plant Begins Assembly of First Flight Test Aircraft for TVRS-44 “Ladoga”
SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System
MC-21 Undergoes Lightning Protection Ground Tests at Zhukovsky
Moscow Aviation Institute Develops Wind Tunnel for UAV Propeller and Powertrain Testing

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