United Engine Corporation (UEC) continues to develop open architecture hybrid propulsion systems (HPS) based on the VK-650V turboshaft engine. The innovative approach will make it possible to assemble HPSs with […]
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VK-650V engines delivered for ground and flight tests on Ansat helicopter
Photo by © UEC United Engine Corporation has delivered the first prototype turboshaft engines (TVaD) VK-650V for flight development tests as part of the Ansat helicopter. VK-650V are designed to […]
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Partizan aircraft will receive a domestic hybrid propulsion system by the end of the year
Photo by © TsAGI press service The Siberian Aviation Research Institute named after Chaplygin is assembling the second flight model of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Chaplygin is assembling the second […]
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State testing of the Yak-152 aircraft has been completed. Engine import substitution is next in line
Photo by © UAC The Yak-152 light trainer aircraft for initial training of Russian Air Force pilots has passed factory and flight design tests, and in December 2023 successfully completed […]
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Ka-226T helicopter with a Russian engine will receive a certificate in 2025
Ka-226T. Photo by © Russian Helicopters The Ka-226T with the Russian VK-650V engine will be certified in 2025 and flight tests will start in 2024, Mikhail Korotkevich, CEO of Mil […]
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UEC will produce more than 1,500 helicopter engines by 2030
TV7-117V engine. Photo by © United Engine Corporation (UEC) Since 2022, imported technologies and components of the aircraft industry have become unavailable to Russia due to political reasons of its […]
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ODK-Klimov continues work on import substitution of the engine for the Ansat helicopter
Photo by © ODK-Klimov The idea of creating a light helicopter appeared in Kazan in the early 1990s, for this purpose a pilot design bureau was created in Kazan Helicopter […]
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United Engine Corporation will start bench testing of the HPS demonstrator in the fall
Photo by © UEC According to the press service of United Engine Corporation, a stand has been set up at the ODK-Klimov plant in St. Petersburg for this purpose, where […]
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Prime Minister Mishustin: I expect upgraded Ka-226 helicopter in 2024
Ka-226T. Photo by © Russian Helicopters Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during a visit to the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant that he expects next year to complete work on import […]
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Flight tests of Ansat helicopter with VK-650V engine are scheduled to start at the end of 2023
Photo by © Gelio (Slava Stepanov) / https://gelio.livejournal.com Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, visited the region’s aircraft building enterprises […]
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