MC-21 Enters the Production Race: 90 Aircraft, Four Years, One Big Challenge
The Irkutsk Aviation Plant has unveiled a comprehensive manufacturing plan for the second batch of MC-21 aircraft bought by Aeroflot, giving a clearer picture...
Russia’s 65 nm CPU Nobody Talks About—It Even Powered a Tablet!
When one talks of Russian processors, usually Elbrus and Baikal spring to mind. But Russia's processor industry is far bigger. One of the developers...
Russia’s SJ-100 Gets a “Dark Factory” as Khabarovsk Plant Shifts to Aircraft Production
Khabarovsk Krai is creating another key node in the production chain for the Russian regional aircraft SJ-100. One of the region’s companies is significantly...
Russian Elbrus 8 Core Processor for the Soyuz-5 Rocket Explained
A remark by Roscosmos chairman Dmitry Bakanov on September 28, 2026, about the use of a Russian eight-core “Elbrus” processor in the control system...
92 Tonnes of Cargo! How Russia Transformed the Il-96 Into a Heavy Hauler
Russian civil aviation got a new heavy-lift cargo aircraft on September 27, 2009, when the Il-96-400T conducted its inaugural commercial flight from Moscow’s Domodedovo...