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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MC-21 November 2025 Digest
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has revised the published performance data for the MC-21, lowering the aircraft’s range from 3,170 mi (5,100 […]
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MC-21 – October 2025 Digest
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The MC-21-310 prototype, tail number 73057 (MC.0013), completed its first flight after being upgraded to the import-substituted configuration. The resumption of flight […]
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MC-21: September 2025 Digest
Photo: © Aviation of Russia In September 2025, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant completed a comprehensive retrofit of the second MC-21-310 prototype (tail number 73057) as part of Russia’s import substitution […]
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MC-21 Program Digest – July 2025
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Composite Materials Development and Manufacturing Challenges During the Innoprom-2025 industrial exhibition held July 7-10 in Yekaterinburg at the Yekaterinburg-EXPO Exhibition Center, significant […]
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MC-21 Aircraft Development Digest – June 2025
Image © UAC Press Service This digest reflects the current status of Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody aircraft program, highlighting the comprehensive effort to achieve technological independence while meeting domestic market demands. […]
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MC-21 – May 2025 Digest
Photo © UAC Press Service The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft, tail number 73055 (MS.0012), completed a ferry flight from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky on May 7, 2025. This aircraft features partially indigenized […]
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MC-21 – April 2025 Digest
A photo taken from the escort aircraft Yak-130. © Test pilot of IAZ D. Denisov / Courtesy of the press service of PJSC “UAC” The first flight of the import-substituted […]
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MC-21 – March 2025 Digest
Photo © Irina Pakhalueva, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder At the Sokol Aviation Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, preparations are ongoing for the production of MC-21 aircraft components. Manufacturing of door parts and […]
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MC-21 – February 2025 Digest
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service A year ago, Sergei Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec State Corporation, mentioned in the wings of the Russian Federation President’s annual address to […]
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