Photo credit © Vyacheslav Grushnikov / russianplanes.net Government Funding Reallocation and Program Priorities The Russian government has formally suspended work on the long-range widebody aircraft program. Under Resolution No. 4093-r […]
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Russian Civil Aviation Maintains Stability in 2025 Amid Moderate Traffic Decline
Photo: © Aviation of Russian The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) released passenger traffic data for Russian civil aviation in 2025. From January to December, Russian airlines carried 108.85 million […]
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India Plans to Lease SJ-100 Aircraft Ahead of Licensed Production
Indian pilot in the SJ-100 cockpit / January 28, 2026, Hyderabad / Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Hyderabad, January 28, 2026 – India’s civil aviation sector has experienced the […]
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India to Obtain License for Assembly and Sales of the SJ-100 with UAC Support
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation At the Wings India 2026 international airshow, held in Hyderabad from January 28 to 31, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Russia’s Rostec state […]
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IL-114-300 Enters the Indian Market with a Preliminary Agreement for Six Aircraft
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) and India’s Flamingo Aerospace have signed a preliminary agreement covering the supply of six Il-114-300 turboprop aircraft, […]
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PD-8 Engine Successfully Completes Bird Ingestion Tests
Image credit © UEC (United Engine Corporation) The PD-8 turbofan engine has successfully completed bird ingestion tests at the open-air test facility of UEC-Saturn in Rybinsk. The trials evaluated engine […]
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UAC to Showcase Import-Substituted SJ-100 and Il-114-300 at Wings India 2026
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will present its regional aircraft, the SJ-100 and Il-114-300, at Wings India 2026, taking place in Hyderabad from January 28 […]
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SJ-100 in India: Advancing Regional Aircraft Manufacturing
Photo by © UAC On October 28, 2025, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a memorandum of understanding to explore local assembly of the […]
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Russian Widebody Aircraft Project Paused – Focus Shifts to MC-21-310
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The Russian government has officially acknowledged a de facto pause in the development of its widebody long-range aircraft program (WLA). According to […]
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MC-21-310: Certification and Import Substitution in 2025
Image credit © MAKS Air Show In 2025, the MC-21 program focused on building the evidential base required for type certification of the import-substituted version of the aircraft. Full integration […]
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