Photo credit © United Engine Corp. In civil aviation, an engine’s service life defines both the boundaries of safe operation and the underlying economics of its entire lifecycle. For modern […]
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Category: Civil aviation
SJ-100 Approaches Completion of Certification Test Program
SJ-100, aircraft s/n 97004 / Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Gennady Abramenkov said on April 14, 2026, […]
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Passenger Aircraft Delivery Program Through 2035 To Require Over RUB 3 Trillion
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The implementation of the second phase of Russia’s civil aircraft delivery program through 2035 will require more than RUB 3 trillion (approximately USD 32–33 […]
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Yakovlev Patents MC-21 Wing High-Lift System Modification to Improve Aerodynamics
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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UZGA and SibNIA are conducting frequency testing on the LMS-901 “Baikal” aircraft
Photo by © Aviation of Russia The light multirole LMS-901 “Baikal” aircraft is undergoing ground vibration (frequency) testing as part of its certification program, TASS reports, citing a representative of […]
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Russian Developer to Deploy Crew Planning System at Uzbekistan Airways
Archive photo © Uzbekistan Airways Russian IT company Integro Technologies and Uzbekistan Airways have signed an agreement in Moscow to deploy Panorama COS (Crew Optimization System), a solution for managing […]
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Service Life of Turboprop Engine for Il-114-300 Extended to More Than 770 Cycles
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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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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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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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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