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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) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership. Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aero...

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 high-profile core section. Sections produced for the PD-8 include the high-pressure compressor, integra...

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 Ufa-based UMPO division – has established a specific development project for such powerplants. Rus...

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. Rostec, Russia’s state aerospace and defense conglomerate, is the majority owner of both companies....