Image credit © MAKS Air Show In 2025, the MC-21 program focused on building the evidential base required for type certification of the import-substituted version of the aircraft. Full integration […]
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Category: Annual reviews
SJ-100: 2025 Results and Outlook for 2026
SJ-100, aircraft MSN 97004 / Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service For the SJ-100 program, 2025 marked a transition from conceptual and design validation to large-scale practical verification […]
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2025 Results for the PD-35 and PD-26 Engine Programs
PD-35 Technology Demonstrator at the UEC-Aviadvigatel OS-5 Test Stand in Novye Lyady, Perm / Photo © Press Service of United Engine Corporation (UEC) Development of the PD-35 high-thrust turbofan engine […]
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Tu-214: 2025 Review and 2026 Production Outlook
Tu-204-100 of Red Wings at Simferopol Airport, 2016. Photo © “Russian Aviation” In 2025, the planned increase in Tu-214 production at Kazan Aircraft Plant (KAP) was intended as a key […]
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Tu-214 – 2024 Year-End Review
Photo by © UAC Press Service The Tu-214 passenger aircraft is one of three Russian types that, in the coming decade, are intended to form the backbone of Russia’s civil […]
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SJ-100 – 2024 Year-End Review
Photo by © UAC Press Service One of the significant outcomes of the SSJ-New programme in 2024 was the commencement of certification trials for the first prototype SJ-100 aircraft, registration […]
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MC-21 – digest for december-2024. Year results
Photo by © Mikhail Polyakov, UAC The maiden flights of the partially import-substituted prototype aircraft MC-21, tail number 73055, followed by the fully import-substituted 73057, did not take place. This […]
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MS-21 – digest for December-2023. Results of the year
Photo by © UAC On 20 December 2023, the third stage of R&D on replacing imported materials and products in the MS-21 aircraft design with domestic analogues was completed. The […]
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