Image by © UAC Press Service On 29 April 2025, the prototype of the MC-21-310 (aircraft 73055, MC.0012) in a partially import-substituted configuration performed its maiden flight. Following the flight, […]
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C919 – A Stress Test for China’s Aviation Industry
Photo by © Xinhua agency The Chinese narrow-body aircraft, the C919, developed by COMAC, is being positioned as an ambitious rival to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. This project […]
₽27.6 billion to be allocated to SJ-100 aircraft modernisation over three years
Image by © UAC Press Service The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced a tender for research and development (R&D) work to ensure certification of the SJ-100 aircraft […]
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In 2024, Russian ACARS System Processed Over 28 Million Messages
Image by Creative Commons license A key tool for information exchange between aircraft and air traffic control centres is the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), a digital system […]
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State Duma Approves First Reading of Use of Non-original Parts on A&B Aircraft
Image by © FL Technics press service / Flicr.com At a plenary session on 13 February 2025, members of the State Duma approved, in the first reading, a draft law […]
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Rosaviatsia is proposed to be authorized to certify Russian components for Airbus and Boeing airplanes
Photo by © Russian Aviation Federation Council members Andrei Kutepov (St. Petersburg), Murat Khapsirokov (Adygea), Andrei Epishin (Tver), Arsen Kanokov (KBR) and Andrei Shokhin (Vladimir) have initiated the introduction of […]
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Russia is developing the production of analogues of imported spare parts for passenger aircraft
Photo by Creative Commons license The Berdsk Electromechanical Plant (BEMZ) is carrying out modernisation aimed at producing analogues of components for foreign passenger aircraft and engines. Vasily Yurchenko, general director […]
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Aleksey Kubasov, Director of the Yakovlev Engineering Centre: merging the two Design Bureau is an evolutionary, not revolutionary process
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Alexey Kubasov, appointed Director of the Yakovlev Engineering Centre, spoke in an interview with TG-channel ‘Notes of Aircraft Builders’ about the current tasks, […]
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Ansat helicopter with VK-650V engines presented at the Army forum
Photo by © UAC Russian Helicopters has presented at the International Military-Technical Forum “Army-2024” an import-substituted Ansat helicopter in a sanitary version with a medical module designed to transport patients […]
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Red Wings proposed to increase subsidies for SSJ100 flight hours
Photo by © Red Wings airlines On 15 July, the SF Committee on Economic Policy held a meeting “On measures to increase the availability of air transport” in Russia in […]
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