Photo: © Rostec press service The Russian-developed SO-114 ice detector has received certification for installation on applicable aircraft types, including the Il-114-300 regional turboprop. The approval provides a domestic alternative […]
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Category: Technologies
MAI Develops Ultra-Thin Composites to Cut Aircraft Component Weight by 20–25%
Photo by © Moscow Aviation Institute Press Service Researchers at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have developed and tested a manufacturing method for ultra-thin composite laminates that could reduce the […]
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Russia’s MC-21 Moves From Digital Model Towards Digital Twin
AI-generated / CC0 Public Domain License Yakovlev is building a digital engineering environment for the MC-21 that links aircraft design data with testing, production and, ultimately, the configuration and operating […]
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Barrage-1 Demonstrates 5G Connectivity From 17 km
Photo: © Foundation for Advanced Research Projects The Russian Advanced Research Foundation (FPI) has demonstrated continuous 5G connectivity from a stratospheric platform at an altitude of 17 km, transmitting 2K […]
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GosNIIAS Expands MC-21 Avionics Integration Testing Capability
“Electronic Bird” of MC-21 aircraft / Photo © GosNIIAS Russia’s State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has upgraded its “Electronic Bird” hardware-in-the-loop integration facility to support advanced testing of […]
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Russian Aerospace Supplier Deploys Robotic Laser System For SJ-100 And MC-21 Cockpit Windows
Photo © Press Service of ROMASHIN ONPP Technologiya Russian aerospace materials producer ONPP Tekhnologiya has commissioned a robotic laser processing system for the manufacture of electrically heated cockpit glazing for […]
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MAI develops automated system for micro-defect analysis in aerospace composites
AI-generated illustration / CC0 Public Domain License The Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) has developed an automated diagnostic methodology for identifying micro-defects in aerospace composite materials using integrated volumetric imaging data. […]
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Yakovlev Expands MC-21 Durability Testing Program
Photo © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder factory newspaper Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev is expanding fatigue-life testing for MC-21 airframe components as part of a broader effort to improve production […]
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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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