Photo by © UEC During a plenary discussion at the 12th National Aviation Infrastructure Show & Forum (NAIS) 2025 in Moscow, Vadim Badeha, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation […]
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Category: Civil aviation
NAIS-2025: UEC Unveils PD-8 Engine at Moscow Expo
PD-8 engine at the NAIS 2025 / Photo by © UEC United Engine Corporation (UEC) showcased the PD-8 turbofan engine at the NAIS 2025 exhibition in Moscow. The PD-8 is […]
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Airline Traffic Sees Passenger Flow Redistribution and Sustained Dominance of Moscow Aviation Hubs
Photo by Creative Commons license The Russian air transport market in 2024 exhibited a mixed bag of trends, characterised by a redistribution of passenger traffic between airports and carriers. The […]
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MC-21 – January 2025 Digest
Photo by © UAC In late February 2024, Sergei Chemezov, head of Rostec, indicated that the start of deliveries of the MC-21-310 aircraft would most likely be pushed back to […]
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In April 2025, the certification of the Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) on the MC-21-310 ‘Iron Bird’ is scheduled to commence
Stand “iron bird” of MC-21 / Photo by © GosNIIAS press service As part of a collaboration with PJSC Yakovlev, the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has developed […]
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Verkhnyaya Pyshma Museum to Restore the Soviet Buran Space Shuttle
Image: Item 2.01 “Baikal” at the “VoenFilm-Medyn” complex, summer 2022 / Photo: © @igor113 / livejournal.com To conduct a large-scale restoration of the Buran reusable orbital vehicle (item 2.01 “Baikal”), […]
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JSC Yakovlev Outlines Measures to Prevent Incidents with SSJ100 Angle of Attack Sensors
Photo by © Russian Aviation Following the crash of an SSJ100 aircraft, registration RA-89049, on 14th July 2014 near Kolomna, which was attributed to the incorrect installation of angle of […]
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China ramp up C919 production, eyeing narrow-body market expansion
Photo by © Xinhua agency By 2035, COMAC aims to capture one-fifth of the global narrow-body aircraft market and one-third of the Chinese market, with plans to sell 2,000 C919 […]
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Russian technology enables monolithic cellular structure for PD-14 engine thrust reverser composite grids
Photo by © UEC The PD-14 aircraft engine thrust reverser system employs advanced technological solutions, notably aerodynamic carbon fibre grids, ensuring reliable reverser operation even in the event of damage […]
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Following the commissioning of a new machining centre, Irkutsk Aviation Plant completes machining of the first MC-21 tail cone section
Machining of holes for MC-21 TCS in shop No. 246 of IAZ / Photo © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder In the summer of 2024, a longitudinal milling machining centre […]
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