So, on August 29, 2023, an event took place in Komsomolsk-on-Amur that marked the beginning of a new era of domestic aircraft construction – the first flight of the experimental SJ-100 aircraft, which is being developed by PJSC Yakovlev (part of the Rostec State Corporation UAC). And these are not just beautiful pathos words. Today's event is a very important and long–awaited stage, to which our country has been moving for many years. Despite the fact that there is a lot of talk about import substitution of aircraft systems and assemblies, I would call it not a simple re-configuration, but a rebirth. Yes, that's right – in fact, a new plane is being born today. далее

At the Tenth NAIS 2023 Exhibition and Forum held at the beginning of February this year, Irkut Corporation (Part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Rostec) presented to the forum participants a Single digital platform for supporting aircraft operation - RADIUS. This is a rather complex, multi-level and multi-vector system, the functionality of which in the future will largely depend on the quality of the manufacturer's provision of information and technical support to operators of domestic promising aircraft. Some elements of the system are already functioning, some are still in development. Realizing the importance and relevance of this development for the entire aviation industry of the country, we simply could not pass by this topic. However, we decided before presenting it to a wide audience of the AVIA.RU portal, first we ourselves understand this digital "web" in as much detail as possible, understand how it works, and only then tell you in more or less understandable language. That's what I'll try to do in this review. далее

2021 for S7 Technics, Russia’s leading aircraft MRO provider, was the year of breaking new ground and adding new operations and services to its capability list. Gradual recovery of Russian airlines’ flight hours translates into increasing volumes of MRO. далее

S7 Technics among the first MRO organizations in Russia started offering redelivery checks several years ago as a comprehensive one-stop-shop service. S7 Technics chief engineer Leonid Shoshin and sales director Nikita Belykh told about the experience in completing redelivery checks the provider has accumulated during the pandemic. далее

Our story is about a new, essentially unique for Russia enterprise of the Rostec State Corporation, which produces aircraft engine components using industrial 3D printing. This is a new facility built and equipped in less than two years since the decision to establish it was made. At the moment, 24 new pieces of equipment for the manufacture of aircraft engine parts have been commissioned. далее

Weave, cut, shape, saturate, harden. Behind simple steps lies a complex technology for manufacturing the most important element of an aircraft engine. Its development is now being carried out at the Rybinsk PJSC UEC-Saturn, which is part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec. In this article, we will tell you how fan blades are made from woven fabric and how the unique technology will help improve engine performance. далее

The invaluable experience of studying the lunar surface created in the USSR for these purposes by remotely controlled self-propelled vehicles of high manoeuvrability - Lunokhod-1 and Lunokhod-2 - became one of the brightest pages in the history of unmanned cosmonautics and revealed the beginning of a qualitatively new stage in the studies of the Universe . How they were developed, how the ground crew formed and trained, how it was being prepared for a unique work on a natural satellite of the Earth is told by a direct participant in those events, honoured space technology tester, doctor of technical sciences, professor, retired major general Vyacheslav Georgievich Dovgan. далее

The premiere of MC-21-300 was the key event of MAKS-2019. Irkut Corporation presented all three testing models at the airshow. The aircraft is in the most competitive market. The liner is based on two criteria which are economic efficiency and comfort. Visitors were able to admire the aircraft both in the air and on the ground, we visited the cabin, where a brand new interior was installed. далее

The world premiere of the new Russian medium-range MC-21 aircraft took place at the XIV International Aviation and Space Airshow MAKS-2019, held in Zhukovsky near Moscow. On August 28, during the second day of the exhibition, the presentation of the aircraft took place. Project managers talked about the characteristics of the aircraft and the status of the program at the moment. далее

March 30, 2019, on the day of the 125th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding and world-famous aircraft designer Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin, the first flight of a new lightweight military transport aircraft Il-112B took place. The modern Russian aviation industry does not often make us happy with new aircraft. And the Il-112 is not an easy story. But still, along with a new modification of the IL-76, this is the second transport aircraft, lifted into the sky by the renowned design bureau in the current decade. About how the machine was created, about the first flight and the upcoming improvements tells the Chief Designer of PJSC "Il" Nikolai Dmitrievich Talikov. далее

On June 6, an agreement was signed in Arkhangelsk between Smartavia (Nordavia) and Lufthansa Technik on expanding cooperation. At the same time, the parties celebrated the 10th anniversary of cooperation between the companies. Dmitry Zaitsev, vice president of corporate sales in Russia and the CIS countries of Lufthansa Technik, spoke about the results of work in Russia in 2018, plans for the future and cooperation with Smartavia airline. далее

Important, but often invisible to the casual observer, the assistants of the crews of the aircraft, meteorologists, work day and night so that their predictions become for aviators another reliable support in the sky. Among such necessary specialists is Ekaterina Klepikova, who has been working at the airport "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk" for the 13th year. A first-time pedagogue and a fragile woman, she began her professional career in aviation as a meteorological technician and grew to the head of the Aviation Meteorological Centre, which is based in the main airport of Sakhalin. On the eve of the professional holiday - the day of the meteorologist, which is celebrated in Russia on March 23, the press centre of JSC "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport" spoke with Ekaterina Klepikova and learned about the intricacies and features of an important aviation profession. далее

Russia has a Unified Air Traffic Management System (EU ATM), which is engaged in providing traffic in the airspace over the territory of our country and in that part of the airspace where air traffic management is delegated to the Russian Federation. February 16, 2018 The United Air Traffic Management System of Russia celebrated its 46th anniversary. According to the accepted concept, construction is now under way of the integrated centres of the EU ATM, which will take control of the movement of all aircraft over the territory of Russia and the neutral waters controlled by it. There will be 12 such centres in total, as well as district centres in Kaliningrad and Simferopol. At the head of the organisational structure is the Main Centre, which is a structural subdivision of the FSUE "State Corporation for the Organisation of Air Traffic Management in the Russian Federation" (FSUE "State ATM Corporation"). Oleg Vasilievich Senchukov, the head of the Central Department of the EU ATM, introduced us to his work. далее

Leonardo - a Complex Solution for the Transport Industry Speech by Mikhail Yuryevich Baskakov, General Director of Sirena-Travel, at the Regional Aviation - System Element of Mainline Infrastructure conference held during the Transport Week, about the readiness of Russian IT systems for airline migration to domestic platforms and their development projects. далее

In Russia, at one of the bases of the Federation of glider sport of Russia - Shchekino airfield near Moscow, the first test flight of an unparalleled in the world self-takeoff ultra-light glider (weighing less than 115 kilograms) with two retractable turbojet engines took place. Glider received the designation “Orange demon” by the name of the character of the children's Japanese anime cartoon. далее