Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The first production-standard MC-21-310 aircraft has entered ground trials at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) as Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) continues development of […]
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UAC Delivers First Su-30SM2 And Su-34 Aircraft Of 2026
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has delivered the first batches of Su-30SM2 multirole fighters and Su-34 strike aircraft to the Ministry of Defence in […]
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Russian Aerospace Supplier Deploys Robotic Laser System For SJ-100 And MC-21 Cockpit Windows
Photo © Press Service of ROMASHIN ONPP Technologiya Russian aerospace materials producer ONPP Tekhnologiya has commissioned a robotic laser processing system for the manufacture of electrically heated cockpit glazing for […]
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UZGA Begins Certification Testing Of VK-800 Turboprop Engine
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Russia’s Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) has started a 150-hour certification test campaign for the VK-800 turboprop engine, a key component of the country’s […]
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Koltsovo Airport To Build Maintenance Facility For Ural Airlines’ MC-21 Fleet
Photo: © Koltsovo Airport (Yekaterinburg) press service Koltsovo Airport in Yekaterinburg is preparing to develop dedicated maintenance infrastructure for Russia’s MC-21 passenger aircraft as local carrier Ural Airlines moves towards […]
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Russia Targets Full PD-8 Engine Life by End-2027
Image by © UAC Press Service Russia expects the domestically developed PD-8 turbofan to achieve its target service life by the end of 2027, according to the Ministry of Industry […]
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Red Wings Expands Tu-204/214 Operations in First Half of 2026
Tu-204-100 of Red Wings at Simferopol Airport, 2016. Photo © “Russian Aviation” Russian carrier Red Wings increased utilisation of its Tupolev Tu-204/214 fleet during the first six months of 2026, […]
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UEC Targets Data Centre Power Market with Industrial Gas Turbines
Photo credit © UEC Press Service Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) is positioning its industrial gas turbine portfolio for the expanding data centre power market, highlighting modular generating systems based […]
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Russia Begins Regulated Flight Testing of X-Sky eVTOL Demonstrator
Image: Screenshot from video footage of the X-Sky flight test Russia has conducted the first officially authorised crewed flight of a domestically developed electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator […]
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UAC Defines Scope of SSJ100 PD-8 Re-engining Programme
Photo credit © UEC Press Service United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has outlined the scope of its planned re-engining programme for in-service SSJ100 regional jets, confirming that between 50 and 100 […]
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