Photo by © UZGA press service In June 2025, the fuselage mating of the third flight test article of the LMS-901 “Baikal” light multipurpose aircraft was successfully completed at UZGA’s […]
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SibNIA Begins Flight Testing of VK-800SM Engine Using Flying Testbed
Photo by © UZGA press service On July 14, at the S.A. Chaplygin Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) in Novosibirsk, the Yak-40LL flying testbed (registration 87251) completed its first flight […]
VK-800SM Engine Installed on Yak-40LL Flying Testbed at SibNIA
Image © SibNIA Press Service The Siberian Research Institute of Aviation named after S.A. Chaplygin (SibNIA) has completed the installation and commissioning of the VK-800SM turboprop engine at its Yeltsovka […]
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Development of multi-purpose aircraft LMS-901 Baikal is at the stage of developmental works
LMS-901 Baikal propeller / Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion neural network Work on the Baikal aircraft, related to engine import substitution, is at the stage of development work – design […]
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An-2, TVS-2MS or LMS-901 – who will take out the light Russian aviation?
Collage by © Aviation of Russia The need to replace the An-2 is long overdue. As a matter of fact, it is the basis for a significant part of all […]
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VK-800SM engine becomes key for turboprop regional jets
Photo by © CIAM Press Service The history of the turboprop engine VK-800CM originates from the project of helicopter engine VK-800B development of the St. Petersburg enterprise FSUE Plant named […]
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Moscow State University has developed a method of calculation of flutter of propeller blades of LMS-901 Baikal aircraft
Photo by © Lomonosov Moscow State University Press Service Specialists of the Research Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University have developed a mathematical model and software to calculate the […]
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Construction of a plant for the production of Baikal aircraft has begun in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Photo by © FEDC press service The Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) has started construction of a plant for the production of the Baikal LMS-901 multi-purpose airplane. Erection […]
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade is striving for independence unprecedented in the world practice of aircraft construction
The assembly shop of the Irkutsk aircraft plant. Photo: © Alina Klimova / Irkutsk Aircraft Manufacturer Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade […]
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The plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for the production of Baikal aircraft is planned to be launched in the summer of 2025
© Boris Yarkov, Agenda / Construction of the UZGA plant at the Uktus site. Archival photo Within the framework of aviation industry development in the Far Eastern Federal District, construction […]
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