Photo credit © UEC Press Service Russia’s United Engine Corporation (ODK) has completed certification testing of its PD-8 turbofan engine, the company said, marking a key step toward type certification […]
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Russia Finalizes Indigenous Composite Supply Chain for MC-21
The deposition mechanism / Credit © UAC Russia has completed the localization of composite materials used in the MC-21 narrowbody airliner, establishing a domestic production chain spanning from polyacrylonitrile precursor […]
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Russia’s GosNIIAS Explores AI-Enabled Single-Pilot Cockpits
Image provided under a CC0 license – public domain The State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) in Russia is developing cockpit automation technologies aimed at enabling future commercial aircraft […]
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Almaz-Antey Tests Cyber And UAV Defense System For Russia’s Unified Air Traffic Management Network
AI-generated illustration / CC0 Public Domain License Almaz-Antey is testing an automated cybersecurity protection suite for Russia’s Unified Air Traffic Management System (ES OrVD), designed to detect and block cyber […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – April 2026
Photo © Ivan Kaverzin The first Soviet civil aircraft to obtain Western FAR Part 25 airworthiness certification was the Yakovlev Yak-40. Its type certificate was issued in Italy on March […]
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Mi-171A3 Completes Cold-Weather Trials at Temperatures Down to −50°C
Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter / Image credit © Russian Helicopters holding The import-substituted Mi-171A3 helicopter has completed additional cold-weather trials at Yakutsk Airport and the Khomustakh test site in Eastern Siberia, […]
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Yakovlev Patents MC-21 Wing High-Lift System Modification to Improve Aerodynamics
Photo: © Aviation of Russia As part of the import substitution program for the MC-21 aircraft, engineers are revising several wing and airframe design solutions and transitioning to domestically produced […]
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UZGA and SibNIA are conducting frequency testing on the LMS-901 “Baikal” aircraft
Photo by © Aviation of Russia The light multirole LMS-901 “Baikal” aircraft is undergoing ground vibration (frequency) testing as part of its certification program, TASS reports, citing a representative of […]
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Zhukovsky Research Center Patents a Supersonic Aircraft with Reduced Sonic Boom
The image was generated using a neural network based on a configuration drawing included in the patent documentation. License: CC0 – public domain. The patent defines a configuration for a […]
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Service Life of Turboprop Engine for Il-114-300 Extended to More Than 770 Cycles
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s civil aviation regulator) has approved an increase in the assigned service life of critical components of the […]
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