Photo by © UAC Fifteen years ago, Russia began development of the PD-14 twin-circuit turbojet engine. The main idea of the project was to create a modern, efficient gas generator […]
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Category: Engines
An automated test bench for testing the reversing device of the PD-8 engine has been launched in Perm
© UDK Press Service / Bench tests of the PD-8 engine. Archive photo The automated test control system for testing the reversing device of the PD-8 aircraft engine was developed […]
Engine blades of Airbus and Boeing aeroplanes will be restored in Berdsk
Photo by © Leonid Faerberg / Global Look Press Specialists of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in […]
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Alexander Inozemtsev told about the timing of the PD-35 engine testing start date
© Rostec State Corporation press service / Testing of PD-35 gas generator. Archive photo Tests of the PD-35 engine are scheduled for the beginning of 2024, Alexander Inozemtsev, Deputy General […]
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Virgin Atlantic has completed a transatlantic flight using 100 per cent biofuel
Photo by © Brendon Farris / Airways Virgin Atlantic has operated its first transatlantic flight using fully sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The flight from London Heathrow Airport to John F […]
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CIAM has prepared the technical task for the development of the FORA-500 piston engine
Flight tests of the APD-A engine as part of the Yak-52 flying laboratory. Novosibirsk, Yeltsovka aerodrome, December 2022 / Photo by © press service of SibNIA named after Chaplygin The […]
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SJ-100 aircraft deliveries will not begin until the third quarter of 2024 at the earliest
Photo by © UAC Additional time is required for testing and certification of the PD-8 engine. In this regard, the first SJ-100 aircraft for Aeroflot will be delivered not in […]
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UEC will produce more than 1,500 helicopter engines by 2030
TV7-117V engine. Photo by © United Engine Corporation (UEC) Since 2022, imported technologies and components of the aircraft industry have become unavailable to Russia due to political reasons of its […]
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Tupolev Design Bureau has solved the problem of heating the airframe during flight at hypersonic speeds
© Russian Aviation / Tu-144 supersonic jet, MAKS-2017 / Archive photo Tupolev PJSC patented hypersonic airplane with a combined propulsion system, including two turbojet engines working on jet fuel and […]
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ODK-Klimov continues work on import substitution of the engine for the Ansat helicopter
Photo by © ODK-Klimov The idea of creating a light helicopter appeared in Kazan in the early 1990s, for this purpose a pilot design bureau was created in Kazan Helicopter […]
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