Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s civil aviation regulator) has approved an increase in the assigned service life of critical components of the […]
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Rosel Tests Tethered Aerostat for Mobile Communications
AI-generated illustration / CC0 Public Domain License Ruselectronics (Rosel), a subsidiary of Rostec, has completed flight trials of a tethered aerostat designed for communications support. A radio module equipped with […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – March 2026
Photo credit: © Svyatoslav Morozov / Courtesy of PJSC UAC press office Natural icing flight tests marked the key milestone of the MC-21-310 certification program in March. Aircraft 73057 deployed […]
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PD-8, PD-14, and TV7-117ST-01 Engines Validate Compliance with Icing Certification Requirements
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation In March, Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region served as a test range for flight trials of three aircraft types operating in natural icing conditions. Flights were […]
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SKAT-350M ISR UAV Gains Resilience to GNSS Spoofing Through Optical Navigation
Image credit: © JSC Kalashnikov Concern Kalashnikov Concern has integrated an onboard optical navigation system into the SKAT-350M intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aerial vehicle. The system is designed […]
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MC-21, SJ-100 and Il-114-300 Complete Natural Icing Certification Flight Tests
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Additional certification flight tests of the MC-21 (tail number 73057), SJ-100 (97023) and Il-114-300 (54115) in natural icing conditions have been completed in Russia’s […]
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Rosel Develops Electronic Warfare Jamming Module to Disrupt UAV Control Links
Photo credit: © Rostec press service Russian defense electronics group Rosel, part of the Rostec state corporation, has developed a new electronic warfare (EW) jamming module designed for mobile EW […]
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Yakovlev Returns EMERCOM SSJ100 to Active Service Following Major Restoration
SSJ100 RA-89066, December 23, 2025, Zhukovsky (Ramenskoye Airfield, Gromov Flight Research Institute) / Photo © Ilya Kaverzin, russianplanes.net A Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100), registration RA-89066 (MSN 95061), has been returned […]
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Mi-171A3 Offshore Helicopter Completes Certification for Operations on Oil and Gas Platforms
Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter / Image credit © Rostec State Corporation The Mi-171A3 helicopter has completed certification in an import-substituted configuration and received approval for flights over open sea and offshore […]
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RA60 Passenger Seats Receive Certification for the IL-114-300 Regional Aircraft
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia (Rosaviatsiya) has issued an airworthiness certificate for the RA60 passenger seats installed on the IL-114-300 regional turboprop. […]
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