Photo by © Aviation of Russia Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has granted type certification to the Il-114-300, clearing the regional turboprop for commercial service and marking a key […]
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UAC Moves Toward Up To 90-Jet MC-21 Deal With Aeroflot
Airframe MS.0014, the first production MC-21-310, has entered flight-test operations following rollout from final assembly at Irkutsk. Photo: UAC UAC is preparing a contract with Aeroflot for up to 90 […]
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UAC Aims for 20 Tu-214s a Year as Kazan Plant Targets Ramp-Up
Photo: © SeniorNN, russianplanes.net The United Aircraft Corporation (United Aircraft Corporation) is targeting annual production of up to 20 Tu-214 airliners at the Kazan Aviation Plant as Russia accelerates investment […]
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Aeroflot’s Krasnoyarsk hub nears 50% share of airport traffic as network expands
Photo: Krasnoyarsk International Airport KRASNOYARSK, Russia — Aeroflot Group’s hub in Krasnoyarsk has grown into a major regional node in Siberia, handling roughly half of total passenger traffic at Krasnoyarsk […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — May 2026
Several developments moved the MC-21 program forward in May, including the launch of the MC-21-210 derivative, continued certification activity and the transfer of the first production MC-21-310 into flight-test operations. […]
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Russia Launches MC-21-210 Development Programme
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Russia has formally launched development of the MC-21-210, a lower-capacity member of the MC-21 narrowbody family, with a first flight of the prototype […]
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MC-21 Enters Flight Testing in 2017 as Program Shifts Toward Fully Domestic Configuration
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Irkut MC-21-300 prototype (tail number 73051) completed its maiden flight on 28 May 2017 from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant airfield, marking the start […]
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Kalashnikov to present SKAT-220 UAV and Fortis VTOL family at Russian Security Forum
Fortis VTOL family / Image credit © Kalashnikov Concern Kalashnikov Concern will showcase its SKAT-220 unmanned aerial vehicle and the Fortis vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned systems family at […]
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Russia Expands Su-35S Fleet With New Fighter Delivery
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia has taken delivery of another batch of Su-35S fighters, continuing a steady production run of the heavyweight multirole aircraft for the country’s Aerospace […]
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Kalashnikov Debuts Kub-10ME Loitering Munition for Tactical Strike Missions
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Kalashnikov has unveiled the Kub-10ME loitering munition, a tactical strike system with a stated range of more than 100 km, expanding the company’s family […]
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