LMS-901 Baikal propeller / Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion neural network Work on the Baikal aircraft, related to engine import substitution, is at the stage of development work – design […]
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SJ-100 prototype aircraft with PD-8 engines will start flying in the first half of 2025
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Import-substituted aircraft SJ-100 should perform about 200 test flights in 2025 to complete the certification programme and enter serial production, the Ministry of Industry […]
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MC-21 Programme Director Alexander Dolotovsky talks about tasks for the coming year
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service Alexander Dolotovsky, Deputy General Director of PJSC Yakovlev and Director of the MC-21 programme, has outlined the top-priority tasks for the coming year […]
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Aleksey Kubasov, Director of the Yakovlev Engineering Centre: merging the two Design Bureau is an evolutionary, not revolutionary process
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Alexey Kubasov, appointed Director of the Yakovlev Engineering Centre, spoke in an interview with TG-channel ‘Notes of Aircraft Builders’ about the current tasks, […]
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Alexander Dolotovsky, Deputy General Director of Yakovlev, will be in charge of the MC-21-210 aircraft project
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Alexander Dolotovsky, who previously held the position of Deputy Director General for Development at Regional Aircraft, has been appointed Deputy Director General of […]
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MiG-31 remains the backbone of Russia’s air defence aviation. To the anniversary of the first flight
Photo by © Sergey Ablogin / russianplanes.net The development of the MiG-31 fighter-interceptor began at the Mikoyan Design Bureau in 1968. The MiG-31 was built according to the scheme of […]
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The Karakurt drone has become part of the Legionnaire outfit
Photo by: © Kalashnikov Concern Kalashnikov Concern, the main supplier of combat equipment to the Russian Armed Forces, has included the Karakurt drone in the third-generation Legionnaire combat equipment under […]
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Tu-204/214. Wing, winglets and fuel efficiency
Photo by © Tupolev Design Bureau press service In the mid-80s, when creating the Tu-204 aircraft in the Tupolev Design Bureau, the design process was already automated, it allowed to […]
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The first serial Ka-32A11M helicopter took to the air in Kumertau
Photo by © Russian Helicopters A production model of the Ka-32A11M firefighting helicopter made its first flight at the flight test station of the Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise. The crew […]
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To the 90th anniversary of the record-breaking flight of Mikhail Gromov’s crew on the ANT-25 aeroplane on a closed route
12 September 2024 will mark the 90th anniversary of the completion of the ANT-25 crew flight consisting of commander Mikhail Gromov, co-pilot Andrey Yumashev and navigator Sergey Danilin, which set […]
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