Image © UEC Press Service The United Engine Corporation (UEC) has completed a key phase of engineering tests on the PD-8 engine, designed for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100). The […]
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Image © UEC Press Service The United Engine Corporation (UEC) has completed a key phase of engineering tests on the PD-8 engine, designed for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100). The […]
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Photo © Kalashnikov Concern Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association (LOMO), part of the Kalashnikov Concern, has completed the first prototype of the DDR-M augmented reality display for Russian commercial aircraft. The holding’s […]
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Photo by © UAC The SJ-100 aircraft (registration 97021, serial 97001) is currently undergoing certification flights in Zhukovsky to validate a domestically developed automatic landing system. According to the United […]
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Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Prototype units of the PD-8 two‑spool turbofan have accumulated more than 4,000 hours of testing. That total was recorded under the engine’s […]
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Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Specialists from PJSC Yakovlev and the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) conducted a series of certification tests for the SJ-100 aircraft (tail number […]
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Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service On October 29, 2025, thrust reverser tests of the PD-8 engine were conducted on the SJ-100 prototype aircraft (serial no. 97003, test […]
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Image by © UAC Press Service Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to localize production of the Russian SJ-100 […]
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Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The first production SJ-100 regional jet (serial number 97004, registration 97024) successfully completed its maiden flight at the Dzyomgi airfield, part of […]
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Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Certification flights of the SJ-100 regional jet are underway at Zhukovsky, with the latest phase focusing on aircraft behavior beyond operational speed […]
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Image © UAC Press Service The Yakovlev Production Center in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has introduced a Russian-manufactured mobile fixture for assembling the removable wing panels of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft. […]
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