A photo taken from the escort aircraft Yak-130. © Test pilot of IAZ D. Denisov / Courtesy of the press service of PJSC “UAC” The first flight of the import-substituted […]
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Anatoly Gaidansky: Certification Completion and MC-21 Deliveries to Airlines Expected by End of Summer 2026
Image by © UAC Press Service On 29 April 2025, the prototype of the MC-21-310 (aircraft 73055, MC.0012) in a partially import-substituted configuration performed its maiden flight. Following the flight, […]
C919 – A Stress Test for China’s Aviation Industry
Photo by © Xinhua agency The Chinese narrow-body aircraft, the C919, developed by COMAC, is being positioned as an ambitious rival to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. This project […]
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MC-21-310 Crew Assess Results of First Flight of Import-Substituted Aircraft
MC-21-310 Crew (left to right): Alexander Solovyov, Alexander Popov, Roman Taskaev, Alexander Guskov / Image by © Press Service of PJSC UAC On 29 April 2025, the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft […]
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Europe’s Largest Air-Supported Hangar Enters Service at Kurumoch Airport
Image by © UAC Press Service A new air-supported hangar for the Yakolev Public Joint Stock Company’s (PJSC) line maintenance station has begun operations at Kurumoch International Airport in Samara. […]
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Volgograd Airport Officially Renamed with Historical “Stalingrad” Designation
Photo by © Azimut Airlines press service The decision to bestow the historical name “Stalingrad” upon Volgograd International Airport is a logical step in the context of preserving the memory […]
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Radar with Doubled Range Passes Certification Tests
Photo by © Alexandra Oseneva, kolymastory.ru Azimuth, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, has completed the development of the MVR-L 2700 monopulse radar. The device […]
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AI Technologies for Supersonic Aircraft Tested at SibNIA using a Yak-40LL Flying Laboratory
Image: Screenshot from a video report by the Russian Government Press Service Recent work by the “Supersonic” World-Class Scientific Centre and its partners has demonstrated progress in addressing key challenges […]
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MC-21-310 Makes Maiden Flight
Image by © UAC Press Service The Russian aviation industry is rounding off April 2025 with positive news: On 23rd April, the first flight of the fully import-substituted SJ-100 aircraft […]
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SJ-100 Autopilot Performance Assessed in Latest Test Flight
Photo by © Alexander Grishin / russianplanes.net The first prototype of the SJ-100 aircraft (tail number 97021, serial number 97001) has completed another test flight, during which the performance of […]
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