Russia’s SJ-100 Faces 100-Mode Test in Belarus—Automatic Landing Put to the Test
The import-substituted SJ-100 prototype, which bears registration number 97023, has reached a critical phase of its certification program in Belarus. In order to assess...
53 Russian Aircraft Engines Face Inspection—What Went Wrong Inside the PS-90?
Rosaviatsiya, the Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia, has initiated an extraordinary inspection of 53 PS-90 family aircraft engines in response to the identification...
Certified and Ready—But Where Are Russia’s Tu-214 Aircraft?
The Tu-214 program at the Kazan Aviation Plant appears significantly less remarkable in comparison to Irkutsk, where the third serial-production MC-21-310 has been assembled...
Russia Repaints Volga-Dnepr’s Il-76 With Domestic Paint After Years of Foreign Coatings
A Volga-Dnepr cargo aircraft has emerged as the latest example of Russia’s effort to replace imported aviation materials with domestically developed alternatives. The airline's...
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...