Certification static tests of the SSJ New passenger aircraft will be completed in the first half of 2025. They involve testing the strength of the fuselage, wing, mechanization, main and front landing gear hinge assemblies, horizontal plumage, and engine pylon. At the moment, the strength of the engine pylon and wing is being tested. To date, about 30-40% of...

UAC has resumed the testing program of the 68-seat IL-114 aircraft after a long break amid the IL-112V disaster, which crashed on approach in 2021. Il-114 and Il-112V aircraft are equipped with the TVS117-ST engine. Engine installed on the test sample has undergone a set of improvements. In addition, a new auxiliary propulsion system TA14-114 was installed,...

UAC has started developing the technical design of the IL-212 aircraft with the Pd-8 turbojet engine, which will replace the AN-26 and AN-72, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. Prototype of the military transporter should be ready by the end of 2026.

Serial production of MS-21 passenger airplanes will not start in 2024, as previously expected, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said. According to him, the production will most likely be postponed to 2025 or maybe even 2026. In late 2023, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of Rostec said that 18 MS-21 airplanes were in various stages of r...