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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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – March 2026
Photo credit: © Svyatoslav Morozov / Courtesy of PJSC UAC press office Natural icing flight tests marked the key milestone of the MC-21-310 certification program in March. Aircraft 73057 deployed […]
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PD-8, PD-14, and TV7-117ST-01 Engines Validate Compliance with Icing Certification Requirements
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation In March, Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region served as a test range for flight trials of three aircraft types operating in natural icing conditions. Flights were […]
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RA60 Passenger Seats Receive Certification for the IL-114-300 Regional Aircraft
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia (Rosaviatsiya) has issued an airworthiness certificate for the RA60 passenger seats installed on the IL-114-300 regional turboprop. […]
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Perm Researchers Develop Adaptive Propeller Blade for Fixed- and Rotary-Wing Aircraft
Photo © United Engine Corporation (UEC) Researchers at Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU), a Russian engineering university, have developed a variable-geometry propeller blade capable of adapting to changing flight […]
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SJ-100 and Economics: How Fleet Size Impacts Route Profitability
SSJ100 on wet lease with Brussels Airlines, 2017 / Photo © Maximilian Kramer, Planespotters.net In the article “SJ-100: Strategic Role of the 100-Seat Aircraft in Russia’s Domestic Network”, Alexander Dolotovsky, […]
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