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 fleet status, and route network […]
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Ural Civil Aviation Plant Begins Assembly of First Flight Test Aircraft for TVRS-44 “Ladoga”
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 the Ural Civil Aviation Plant […]
SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System
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 (registration number 97021, serial number […]
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MC-21 Undergoes Lightning Protection Ground Tests at Zhukovsky
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 ground tests at the Flight […]
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Moscow Aviation Institute Develops Wind Tunnel for UAV Propeller and Powertrain Testing
Illustration generated by neural network / © Russian Aviation Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) is developing a small-scale wind tunnel specifically designed for testing components of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with […]
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“Aviastar” Achieves Production Rate of Seven Il-76MD-90A Aircraft Annually
Photo © UAC Press Service On May 30th, Anton Alikhanov, the Minister of Industry and Trade, conducted a working visit to the “Aviastar” aircraft manufacturing plant in the Ulyanovsk region. […]
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MC-21 – May 2025 Digest
Photo © UAC Press Service The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft, tail number 73055 (MS.0012), completed a ferry flight from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky on May 7, 2025. This aircraft features partially indigenized […]
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Assembly of Additional MC-21 Fuselage Sections Completed at Irkutsk Aviation Plant
Image by © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder factory newspaper The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) continues to advance the production of the MC-21 passenger aircraft with the assembly of new […]
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To the MC-21’s Maiden Flight: Sanctions Did Not Halt the Aircraft’s Development
Image by © UAC Press Service The first flight of the MC-21 aircraft took place on 28 May 2017. Aircraft 73051 lifted off from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant airfield, completing […]
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Warning to Kyiv: Military Targets Remain Priority as Drone Attacks on Russia Persist
Image: Creative Commons licence Russian Military Continues Precision Strikes on Ukrainian Defence Infrastructure Amid Ongoing Drone Attacks on Russian Civilians Since 20 May 2025, Russian air defence systems have intercepted […]
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