Image by © UAC Press Service Modernisation work is underway on pressing equipment at the Gagarin Aviation Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The goal is to expedite the production of fuselage skins […]
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Category: MC-21
MC-21 – March 2025 Digest
Photo © Irina Pakhalueva, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder At the Sokol Aviation Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, preparations are ongoing for the production of MC-21 aircraft components. Manufacturing of door parts and […]
Irkutsk Aviation Plant Constructs New Facilities to Ramp Up MC-21 Production
Image by © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder factory newspaper The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) is continuing its expansion of production capabilities to facilitate a build rate of 36 MC-21 […]
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MC-21 – February 2025 Digest
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service A year ago, Sergei Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec State Corporation, mentioned in the wings of the Russian Federation President’s annual address to […]
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Rosaviatsiya Approves PD-14 Engine Operation at Low Temperatures
Image by © UEC The Perm-based company ODK-Aviadvigatel has received approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) for a major change of the PD-14 aircraft engine’s type design. The […]
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Yakovlev to Receive Over £200 Million for MC-21-310 Type Certificate Extension by 2027
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) and PJSC Yakovlev have entered into a contract for research and development (R&D) work aimed […]
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Fully Domestically-Sourced MC-21 Aircraft (73057) Powered Up
Photo © Irina Pakhalueva, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder At the final assembly shop of Irkutsk Aviation Plant’s (IAZ) Civil Aviation Division (No. 277), functional checks under electrical load have commenced on […]
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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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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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