Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia’s MC-21 programme has reached a new milestone with the maiden flight of its first production aircraft, as certification testing and industrial preparation continue […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — July 2026
Airframe MS.0014, the first production MC-21-310, has entered flight-test operations following rollout from final assembly at Irkutsk. Photo: UAC Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody programme made further progress during July as the […]
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Import-Substituted SJ-100 Undergoes Noise Certification Trials
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The import-substituted version of the SJ-100 regional jet has entered certification noise testing as part of its flight-test campaign, with trials being conducted at […]
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First Production MC-21-310 Set To Begin Flight Testing In Late July
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia’s first production-standard MC-21-310 airliner is expected to begin flight testing in late July, marking the start of factory trials for the fully Russian-configured […]
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Russia Introduces ‘Seeker’ Variants of Geran Loitering Munitions
AI-generated illustration / CC0 Public Domain License Russia has begun publicly disclosing the operational use of a new generation of Geran loitering munitions equipped with what it calls the “Seeker” […]
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UAC Delivers First Su-30SM2 And Su-34 Aircraft Of 2026
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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