United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)

The green aircraft carrying serial number MSN97001 headed west after completing flight-testing with manufacturer UAC that began in August 2023.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Local certification of the new Russian-built Il-114-300 is now planned for the end of 2025, with first delivery scheduled for 2026.

Russian officials are sounding ever more cautious about when the country’s new Yakovlev MC-21 narrowbody passenger airliner will enter service.

The Russian defense ministry has contracted the development of new Ilyushin Il-100 super-heavy transport.

Two years into its full-scale war with Ukraine, Russia’s airlines face increasing constraints in operating Western-made aircraft.

The MiG-UTS will be designed for affordability—in production and operations.

UAC reportedly plans to improve the Soviet-legacy Tupolev Tu-214 narrowbody passenger airliner to meet requirements from air operators.

Russian industry is making its presence felt here at the Dubai Airshow, despite Moscow’s ongoing offensive in Ukraine.

This program has gained importance following UAC's withdrawal from the CR929 program as it allows Russia to keep its expertise in the widebody technologies.

Yakovlev, the manufacturer of the SJ-100 and MC-21 commercial airliners, opened a new aviation training center in Skolkovo Innovation Center, Moscow.

A new version of the Superjet 100 has taken off for the first time from the airfield at Yakovlev’s factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in Russia’s Far East.

Western sanctions have impeded Russia’s participation in the widebody program, but China plans to pursue it alone.

Western sanctions are having an increasingly painful impact on Russia’s current and future commercial aircraft programs.

Russia’s Krylo-SV reusable space launch vehicle will conduct its first drop tests in September.

Interest in the United Aircraft Corporation's Tupolev Tu-214 program was revived in 2022 when Western sanctions banned deliveries of Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut Corporation has changed its name to Yakovlev.

The Russian aircraft company reveals a new design configuration developed using digital design.

A graphic at Comac's stand at the Paris Air Show showed no sign of UAC participation in the project any more, but Russia remains part of the program for now.

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) continues to attract new commercial customers for its Soviet-legacy Tupolev Tu-214 passenger narrowbody airliner.

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation has rolled out the first flight prototype of SSJ-New, an import-substituted version of Superjet 100 regional jet.

The Ilyushin Il-96-400M is a new stretched variant of the Il-96 widebody passenger aircraft.

The first flight of Russia's import-substituted version of the Superjet 100 draws closer, but the first aircraft will not be equipped with the PD-8 turbofan.

Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC), which develops the 8-ton powerplant, confirmed the certification schedule to Aviation Week.

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