On June 8th, 2016 a grand ceremony marking the roll out of a new passenger aircraft MC-21 took place in Irkutsk. This is the new generation of regional and medium-haul aircrafts family with the capacity from 132 to 211 seats. The developer and manufacturer of the MC-21 family is «Irkut Corporation» ( a part of the «United Aircraft Corporation» (UAC), «A.S. Yakovlev Engineering Centre» is responsible for design drafting, the production is held in the Irkutsk aircraft factory. далее

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is to boost production of the Il-96 series and move focus onto the new, re-engined Il-96-400M variant. This widebody quad shall be manufactured at UAC’s VASO plant in Voronezh at an annual rate of eight to ten airframes. далее

Together with interested parties from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ulianovsk, the Tu-204 maker Aviastar is carrying out an industry initiative project to rebuilt ten Tu-204-100/300 aircraft into corporate and business jets. далее

A quarter-century after the collapse of the Soviet Union, an event which resulted in the near-destruction of the country's once-proud civil aviation industry, Russia is looking to resurrect its production of civilian aircraft, from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 to the Ilyushin Il-114, German newspaper Handelsblatt reports. далее

Now KRET is one of the leading Russian drone developers. Vladimir Mikheev, Advisor to First Deputy Director General, KRET, tells about the latest Concern’s developments, and future drone technologies. далее

In early 2015 a significant changes took place among the top officials of the aircraft industry. In fact, a new team was formed; it will be defining the industry’s development strategy in future. As we know, earlier Russian civil aircraft industry focused on two projects: Sukhoi Superjet 100 and MS-21 (medium-haul aircraft of the 21st century). We’ll discuss present and future of the industry with the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Andrei Ivanovich Boginsky. далее

HeliRussia’2015 exhibition brought good news for organizations, which are not only purchasing and operating main products of Russian Helicopters Holding Company – heavy and medium helicopters, but also having their eyes on Russian-produced medium and light vehicles. далее

MC-21 is a perspective commercial aircraft with a capacity of 150 to 211 passengers. Irkut Corporation (a UAC company) is creating the plane within a wide international cooperation. The current status of the MS-21 program you can learn from presentation. далее

As we all know, the rollout of the first MS-21 aircraft, which embodies our hopes for renaissance of the Russian aircraft industry, is getting closer. The most interesting and revolutionary (for Russia) component of this jet is the so-called “black wing”. Despite the fact, that leading Western manufacturers have already solved this problem, the technology used in Russia differs significantly from the one used by rivals. In order to get insight into aspects of the technological process and assess our chances to succeed, we have visited two sites of AeroComposit Company located in Moscow and Ulyanovsk. далее

Airshow China 2014 took place at Zhuhai, Guangdong in November 11-16. The event attracted many local and foreign participants and guests. There were many Russians at the show, including aircraft manufacturers and financiers. Ilyushin Finance Company (IFC) was among them. IFC general manager Alexander Roubtsov talked to the press recently about prospects in Asia-Pacific. далее

The fact that UK declined visa requests for some members of Russian delegation barring them from visiting Farnborough 2014 airshow made things difficult for Russian delegation, but did not affect its performance. In fact they just sparked interest among Western companies in contracts with Russian partners. Some of them met with representatives of Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to obtain assurances that deliveries will carry on as normal in the network of previously signed contracts; others wanted to sign new agreements. For example, Aviation Equipment Holding Company signed a contract with Safran Group for joint development of APU for advanced Russian helicopters. The condition of our aircraft industry does not allow us to talk about significant sales of Russian-produced aircraft at the global market. But a journey of thousand miles begins with a single step. далее

On July 5th 2014 a solemn handover ceremony dedicated to delivery of the first upgraded Il-38N aircraft to Russian navy was held at the airfield of Gromov Flight Research Institute (Zhukovsky, Moscow Region); the aircraft was named after R.P. Papkovsky. далее

On June 2nd 2014 the Aviation Equipment Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) held a solemn ceremony dedicated to the opening of the Russia’s first specialized design center for development of aircraft systems in Moscow. It is the first engineering center in the country, which allows centrally managing the regional design bureaus, located at the sites of the holding’s companies, from the design center located in Moscow. A unified concurrent engineering system will be implemented by the holding’s enterprises. далее

In late December 2013 the Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said during his interview at “Russia 24” TV channel that the Ministry plans to deliver 20 Tu-204SM aircraft to Russian and foreign carriers over the next 5 years. However, it is rumored that the top management of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have banned their employees from working on the 204SM project under penalty of dismissal. The UAC’s attitude towards the project was demonstrated at MAKS-2013 airshow, when not a single representative of UAC’s management attended the signing of two contracts for delivery of Tu-204. It was clear: the contracts were signed in order to present a report to the government, but in fact no one was going to implement them. And UAC’s program at the airshow did not include the presentation of the new recently certified aircraft. It remained in the aircraft static display area overlooked by high-ranking guests and mass media. However, we did not miss the opportunity to visit Tu-204SM and talk to representatives of legendary Tupolev design bureau. We had just one question: what is Tu-204SM? далее

Interview with Deputy Chief Designer (Aerodynamics) of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), Alexey Dolotovski далее