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Airlines operating the Russian-built Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft may have to ground planes due to sanctions, media reports Read Full Article at RT.com

The Superjet 100 (SSJ100) is a clean-sheet airplane that was “developed and [is] produced by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co.

The Superjet 100 (SSJ100) is a clean-sheet airplane that was “developed and [is] produced by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co.

The first Tupolev Tu-160M ​​supersonic strategic bomber to be manufactured in more than twenty-five years has completed its initial flight.

Credit: Klimov Russia’s United Engine Corp. (UEC) plans to complete a demonstrator of its first hybrid-electric powerplant by 2023, says Mikhail Shemet, deputy director of the PDV future helicopter engine program at Klimov. UEC selected the St. Petersburg-based subsidiary as prime contractor for the program... Subscription Required Klimov To Run Hybrid-Electric Powerplant Demonstrator By 2023 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Marke...

By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-04-13T18:00:00+01:00 Russia’s United Engine has completed manufacturing work on the primary components of a prototype Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplant. The PD-8 is a lower-thrust variant of a family which centres on the PD-14 designed for the Irkut MC-21-310. It is intended for eventual use on the Sukhoi Superjet 100 as a fully-domestic alternative to the PowerJet SaM146. The SaM146 is jointly produced by French and Russian firms, with Safran responsible for the hig...

By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-04-09T09:19:00+01:00 Russian powerplant specialist United Engine has carried out initial testing of a pulse-detonation rocket motor which has potential application to orbital spaceplanes or hypersonic aircraft. Pulse-detonation propulsion combusts fuel and oxidizer using detonation waves, with relatively few mechanical moving parts, offering a more efficient thermodynamic cycle than conventional gas turbines. United Engine’s Lyulka design bureau – part of its ...

MIAMI – Russia’s first Post-Soviet passenger aircraft powered by domestic engines completed its first flight Tuesday. The MC-21 craft flew from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant’s airfield in Siberia and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. The aircraft, now powered by Russian-built PD-14 turbo-fan engines, first flew in May 2017, but with US-produced engines. The MC-21 is built by Irkut Corporation, part of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). The engines are manufactured by United Engine Corporation. R...