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SibNIA Begins Flight Testing of VK-800SM Engine Using Flying Testbed

16.07.2025, 11:15

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 […]

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VK-800SM Engine Installed on Yak-40LL Flying Testbed at SibNIA

27.06.2025, 10:30

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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The first two production machines "06" and "07" "red" and prototype UTS-800 "01 red" / Photo: © UAC press service

UZGA has handed over two serial UTS-800 trainer aircraft to the Ministry of Defence for flight testing

29.12.2024, 14:29

The first two production machines “06” and “07” “red” and prototype UTS-800 “01 red” / Photo by © UAC press service The Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) has transferred two […]

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Development of multi-purpose aircraft LMS-901 Baikal is at the stage of developmental works

20.09.2024, 08:37

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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VK-800SM engine becomes key for turboprop regional jets

25.05.2024, 16:17

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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State testing of the Yak-152 aircraft has been completed. Engine import substitution is next in line

19.01.2024, 11:33

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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The VK-800SM engine is planned to be certified by the end of 2024

06.04.2023, 14:01

Photo by © CIAM Press Service The information was provided by the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA JSC) during the press tour, where journalists were told about the development of […]

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Tests of the combustion chamber of the VK-800SM engine were conducted

21.03.2023, 07:42

Autonomous installation of the combustion chamber of the VK-800SM turbofan engine. Photo by © UZGA press service In the framework of development work to create a turboprop engine VK-800SM in […]

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