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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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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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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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — June 2026
Image © UAC Press Service Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected three import-substituted airliners — the Yakovlev MC-21-310, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SJ-100), and the Ilyushin Il-114-300 — during a working […]
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SSJ100 Sustainment Model Rebuilt as Domestic Support Network Expands Across Fleet
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Russia’s SSJ100 fleet sustainment outlook has been reshaped following a post-2022 restructuring of engineering, maintenance and supply-chain support mechanisms after the withdrawal of Western […]
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Aeroflot and UAC Advance Toward Agreement for 90 MC-21-310 Aircraft
Illustration: © Rostec State Corporation press service Aeroflot and United Aircraft Corporation have agreed on the principal commercial terms for a potential contract covering 90 MC-21-310 narrow-body aircraft, marking a […]
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Russian Meridian Amphibious UAS Completes Water Test Campaign
Meridian Amphibious UAV / Photo © JSC Center for Autonomous Robotic Systems Russia’s Meridian amphibious unmanned aircraft programme has completed a water test campaign using a dynamically representative subscale vehicle […]
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Yak-130M modernised trainer makes first flight from Irkutsk
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Yak-130M advanced jet trainer has completed its first flight, marking the start of the flight-test programme for the upgraded variant at the Irkutsk […]
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Former Airbus Russia Unit Extends A320 Fleet Life for Domestic Operators
Photo by © Aviation of Russia An engineering organisation within the Aeromax group has completed service-life extension work on 40 Airbus A320-family aircraft operated by six major Russian airlines, as […]
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