Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The international aerospace exhibition Wings India 2026 will take place in Hyderabad from January 28 to 31. Both the Ilyushin Il-114-300 and the Shenyang […]
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PD-8 Engine Successfully Completes Bird Ingestion Tests
Image credit © UEC (United Engine Corporation) The PD-8 turbofan engine has successfully completed bird ingestion tests at the open-air test facility of UEC-Saturn in Rybinsk. The trials evaluated engine […]
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Buran Exhibition Center Opens at Verkhnyaya Pyshma Museum Complex
Photo credit: © TASS On January 19, a new exhibition center named Buran officially opened at the Verkhnyaya Pyshma Museum Complex, near Yekaterinburg in Russia’s Ural region. The centerpiece of […]
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Hybrid Power Unit Based on the VK-650V Engine: Five-Year R&D Program Completed and Unveiled at UMEX 2026
Image © UEC Press Service At UMEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of Rostec) presented a 500 kW hybrid power unit (HPU) demonstrator developed by UEC-Klimov. […]
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Kalashnikov to Debut Upgraded Reconnaissance UAVs at UMEX 2026
Photo credit © Kalashnikov Concern Kalashnikov Concern will unveil its upgraded copter-type reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles, Goliath 2.0 and Karakurt 2.0, at UMEX 2026, the 7th International Unmanned Systems Exhibition […]
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Volga-Dnepr Transports Tunnel-Boring Equipment from Zhengzhou to Norilsk aboard Il-76TD-90VD
Photo by © Volga-Dnepr Airlines press service In late December 2025, Volga-Dnepr Airlines completed the air transport of two rotor units of a drilling rig from Zhengzhou, China, to Norilsk, […]
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UAC to Showcase Import-Substituted SJ-100 and Il-114-300 at Wings India 2026
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will present its regional aircraft, the SJ-100 and Il-114-300, at Wings India 2026, taking place in Hyderabad from January 28 […]
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SJ-100 in India: Advancing Regional Aircraft Manufacturing
Photo by © UAC On October 28, 2025, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a memorandum of understanding to explore local assembly of the […]
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SJ-100 and the 100-Seat Segment in Russia’s Regional and Domestic Market
Image by © UAC Press Service In 2017, the Russian industry portal Aviation of Russia published an article titled “The Superjet Needs a Family,” arguing that the Sukhoi Superjet 100 […]
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Russian Widebody Aircraft Project Paused – Focus Shifts to MC-21-310
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The Russian government has officially acknowledged a de facto pause in the development of its widebody long-range aircraft program (WLA). According to […]
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