Why Re-Engining Russia’s Superjet 100 With PD-8 May Not Make Economic Sense
The issue of remotorizing the Russian regional airliner Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100)—replacing its existing Franco-Russian SaM146 engines with domestically manufactured PD-8 engines—has emerged as...
Russia Delays Return of Tu-204, Tu-214, Il-96 and An-124—New Deadline 2027
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) has developed a draft government decree, which stipulates that the deadlines for restoring the airworthiness of...
Does the Russian MC-21 Narrow Body Aircraft Need More Powerful Engines?
The MC-21 program has quietly emerged as one of the most interesting aviation developments of the past decade: a modern single-aisle Russian aircraft engineered...
Inside Russia’s 2ES11 “Orlets”: The Freight Locomotive Aiming to Transform Rail Transport
In late 2025, acceptance and certification tests started on the new 2ES11 "Orlets" mainline freight electric locomotive at the VNIIZhT experimental loop in Shcherbinka,...
Russia’s New Ansat Helicopter Clears Its Most Dangerous Test—Here’s Why It Matters
During a new phase of certification flight tests authorized by the Russian aviation authority, the upgraded version of the Ansat light multipurpose helicopter successfully...