Photo by © Aviation of Russia Russia’s Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) has started a 150-hour certification test campaign for the VK-800 turboprop engine, a key component of the country’s […]
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LMS-901 “Baikal” Completes First Flight with VK-800 Engine
Image © UZGA press service On December 24, 2025, Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) in Yekaterinburg commenced joint flight tests of the VK-800 engine and AV-901 propeller integrated into the […]
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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 […]
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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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UZGA has handed over two serial UTS-800 trainer aircraft to the Ministry of Defence for flight testing
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
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
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
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
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
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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