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: Engines
PD-8 Engine Test Campaign Exceeds 6,000 Flight And Bench Hours
Photo credit © UEC Press Service The cumulative operating time of PD-8 development engines has exceeded 6,100 hours across ground bench and flight testing, according to the United Engine Corporation […]
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PD-8 Engine Electronic Control Systems Approved for Serial Production
Photo credit © UEC Press Service The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has expanded the scope of approved activities for UEC-STAR (a Perm-based subsidiary of United Engine Corporation), adding serial […]
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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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PD-8, PD-14, and TV7-117ST-01 Engines Validate Compliance with Icing Certification Requirements
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation In March, Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region served as a test range for flight trials of three aircraft types operating in natural icing conditions. Flights were […]
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UEC Scales Up Use of Domestic Engineering Software in Aircraft Engine Production
Photo credit © UEC Press Service Russian engine manufacturing has entered a stage of practical application of domestic CAD and PLM systems in serial production programs. United Engine Corporation (UEC) […]
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PD-8 Engine Electronic Regulators and Protection Units Certified for Serial Production
Photo credit © UEC Press Service Following comprehensive testing, Russia’s civil aviation authority (Rosaviatsiya) has issued airworthiness certificates for the PD-8 engine’s electronic control units. The SAU-8 automatic engine control […]
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Mock-Up Commission Launches Phase II Certification Review of Tango Trainer with APD-520 Engine
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Russia’s Aviation Register has initiated Phase II of the certification program for the four-seat Tango trainer aircraft. The phase, known as the “Mock-Up” review, […]
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UEC-Saturn Commissions Robotic Cell for Adaptive Grinding of Large Gas Turbine Blades
Photo credit © UEC (United Engine Corporation) UEC-Saturn has commissioned a robotic cell for adaptive grinding of large gas turbine engine (GTE) blades at its Rybinsk facility in central Russia. […]
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NAIS‑2026: UDC Unveils M105 Piston Engine for Light Aircraft
Photo credit © UEC Press Service Russia’s light aviation segment has faced a persistent shortage of domestic piston engines in recent years. Following the collapse of the Soviet-era supply network, […]
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