Photo © Aviation of Russia / Su-57 at MAKS-2021. Archive photo The first overseas customer for the fifth-generation fighter jet Su-57E is set to commence operation of the aircraft in […]
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Mi-171A3 Helicopter Featuring Smart Engine Control System Showcased at LIMA 2025
Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter / Photo by © Rostec State Corporation press service Russian Helicopters holding company unveiled its Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter at the LIMA 2025 international exhibition in Langkawi, Malaysia, […]
SJ-100 Certification Tests Commence in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Image by © UAC Press Service Certification testing of the SJ-100 aircraft has commenced at Dzyomgi Aerodrome, part of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant. Flight operations are being conducted by aircraft […]
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PS-90 Took 12 Years, PD-14 – Ten. Engine for “Superjet” PD-8 Created in Six Years
Image by © UAC Press Service The creation of the PD-8 engine was a response to several challenges faced by the Russian aviation industry in the second half of the […]
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Canada Demonstrates Inability to Protect Foreign Investment and is not a Reliable Partner
An-124-100 (RA-82078) at Toronto airport. Photo: © Steve Russell / Toronto Star via Getty Images Volga-Dnepr Airlines has encountered the piratical seizure of its An-124 aircraft in Canada – a […]
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Aeroflot Commences Commercial Operation of Russian ACARS System
Image by Creative Commons license The implementation of a domestically-developed ACARS data transmission system in Russia’s civil aviation sector was a direct response to the challenges arising from the imposition […]
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MC-21 – April 2025 Digest
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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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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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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Flight Economics: How the Superjet is Changing the Game in Regional Aviation
Image by © Vivek Manvi-Viman / airliners.net Currently, according to Rostec figures, 160 SSJ100 aircraft are transporting passengers in Russia. Their dispatch reliability stands at 98%. In 2024, approximately 10 […]
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