Photo: © Aviation of Russia As part of the import substitution program for the MC-21 aircraft, engineers are revising several wing and airframe design solutions and transitioning to domestically produced […]
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Category: MC-21
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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Rosaviatsia Sets Certification Timeline for Russian Passenger Aircraft
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Dmitry Yadrov, head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), outlined the planned certification timelines for three Russian passenger aircraft at a Ministry of […]
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MC-21-310 Test Aircraft Deploys to Arkhangelsk for Natural Icing Certification Trials
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation A MC-21-310 test aircraft (registration 73057) arrived at Arkhangelsk Talagi Airport on March 14 to conduct certification flight testing in natural icing conditions, according […]
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MC-21 Program Update – February 2026
February 17, 2026 – Aircraft 73055 landing at Syktyvkar Airport / Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation In February 2026, Yakovlev PJSC advanced certification flight and ground testing of the […]
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Winter Certification Campaign for MC-21 and SJ-100 Concludes
Final approach of the MC-21 (tail number 73055) at Syktyvkar Airport in Russia’s Komi Republic / Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Yakovlev, a subsidiary of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation […]
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MC-21 and SJ-100 Conduct Flight Certification Tests in Syktyvkar
Photo credit © Artur Volgin, KomiAvia Prototype aircraft MC-21 (reg. 73055) and SJ-100 (reg. 97023) are currently undergoing flight certification tests in Syktyvkar, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported. On […]
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Irkutsk Aviation Plant Assembles 20 MC-21 Aircraft Simultaneously – Production Fully Loaded
Irkutsk Aviation Plant assembly hall / Photo: © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder newspaper Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) is currently conducting serial production of the MC-21-310 aircraft in its assembly […]
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MC-21 Type Certificate Updated to Include Composite Tail Components
Composite horizontal stabilizer / Image © AeroComposite LLC The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has issued PJSC Yakovlev approval for a major modification to the MC-21 type design. The […]
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MC-21 Program Update — January 2026 Digest
Photo credit © Vyacheslav Grushnikov / russianplanes.net Government Funding Reallocation and Program Priorities The Russian government has formally suspended work on the long-range widebody aircraft program. Under Resolution No. 4093-r […]
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