Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) and PJSC Yakovlev have entered into a contract for research and development (R&D) work aimed […]
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Tag: MC-21
Fully Domestically-Sourced MC-21 Aircraft (73057) Powered Up
Photo © Irina Pakhalueva, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder At the final assembly shop of Irkutsk Aviation Plant’s (IAZ) Civil Aviation Division (No. 277), functional checks under electrical load have commenced on […]
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NAIS 2025: UAC Gears Up for Certification and Deliveries of Russian Aircraft
Photo by © UEC During a plenary discussion at the 12th National Aviation Infrastructure Show & Forum (NAIS) 2025 in Moscow, Vadim Badeha, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation […]
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MC-21 – January 2025 Digest
Photo by © UAC In late February 2024, Sergei Chemezov, head of Rostec, indicated that the start of deliveries of the MC-21-310 aircraft would most likely be pushed back to […]
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In April 2025, the certification of the Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) on the MC-21-310 ‘Iron Bird’ is scheduled to commence
Stand “iron bird” of MC-21 / Photo by © GosNIIAS press service As part of a collaboration with PJSC Yakovlev, the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has developed […]
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Following the commissioning of a new machining centre, Irkutsk Aviation Plant completes machining of the first MC-21 tail cone section
Machining of holes for MC-21 TCS in shop No. 246 of IAZ / Photo © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder In the summer of 2024, a longitudinal milling machining centre […]
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MC-21 – digest for december-2024. Year results
Photo by © Mikhail Polyakov, UAC The maiden flights of the partially import-substituted prototype aircraft MC-21, tail number 73055, followed by the fully import-substituted 73057, did not take place. This […]
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Irkutsk has started assembling the fuselage of the twelfth serial MC-21 aircraft
Assembly of the F3 compartment of the MS-21 aircraft / Photo by © Irina Pakhalueva / Irkutsk Aircraft Manufacturer In the last decade of November 2024 at the Irkutsk Aviation […]
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MC-21 – digest for November-2024
Test pilot of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Honored Test Pilot of Russia Andrei Voropayev and test pilot of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Hero of Russia Oleg Mutovin demonstrate the cabin […]
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The payback of the MC-21 development depends on the export of the aircraft. Will the production capacity be enough?
MC-21 in American Airlines livery, rendering © Rostec State Corporation / Collage © Russian Aviation The Russian aviation industry is striving to expand its markets; in the next 3-4 years, […]
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