Raytheon Completes 1st Engine Run of Regional Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
Raytheon announced the first engine run of the regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, marking a key milestone towards flight testing, targeted to begin in 2024. The propulsion system's initial run took place at Pratt & Whitney's innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec and performed as expected
Rostec Subsidiary Triples Aircraft Engine Parts Production with 3D Printing
The Center for Additive Technologies (TsAT), a subsidiary of Rostec increased the production of aircrafts engine parts using the 3D printing method by 179% or 2.8 times in 2022
China Delivers First C-919 Aircraft to Operator, its Competitor to Airbus A320...
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) delivered the first C919, China's first domestically-developed narrow-body passenger jet, to China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai on Friday morning
Last Boeing 747 to Join Atlas Air's Freighter Fleet
The last Boeing 747 to be manufactured left the company's widebody factory in advance of its delivery to air freight operator, Atlas Air in early 2023."For more than half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have designed and built this magnificent airplane that has truly changed the
MC-21 in Rossiya Livery Arrives in Zhukovsky for Joint Operation Training
The prototype MC-21 aircraft of the Irkut Corporation of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), previously painted in the livery of the Rossiya airline, arrived at the flight test and development complex of the OKB im. A
First Russian MC-21 Airliner Receives Rossiya Livery
The first Irkut narrow-body MC-21 airliner was painted with Rossiya livery ahead of the aircrafts delivery. The liner will be operated by Irkut Corporation, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) for the training of flight instructors for Rossiya Airlines
Russian MC-21 Airliner Passes Lightning Tests
Russias state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has announced that the MC-21 single-aisle airliner has cleared lightning tests. “A complex of tests on the impact of lightning on the elements of the empennage and wing of the MC-21 aircraft, made from domestic composite materials, has been completed,” UAC said in an
Second MC-21 Airliner Prototype Makes Flight with Russian PD-14 Engines
The second MC-21 aircraft completed its first flight with domestic PD-14 engines, Russias state-owned Rostec has announced. The aircraft took off from the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of UACs subsidiary Irkut Corporation
China's C919 Large Passenger Aircraft Completes Airworthiness Certification
Chinas C919 large passenger aircraft has completed airworthiness certification in September. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday, was briefed about the design, manufacturing, experimenting, test flights, and airworthiness of the C919 aircraft
Work Begins on Russian-Chinese Wide-Body Airliner Project
Initial design of Russian-Chinese long-haul wide-body airliner, the CR929, is starting to take shape, as per reports citing a top official at Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). "The aircrafts general technical plan has been approved, and suppliers of the sections of the body and tail have been defined by now
Airbus, Boeing to Lose Russian Market as Aeroflot Signs 339 Aircraft Deal...
Russian airplane maker, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and national airline, Aeroflot, signed an agreement of intent to purchase 339 aircraft including 210 MS-21, 89 SSJ-NEW and 40 Tu-214 under leasing terms from 2023 to 2030. Yury Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and Sergey Aleksandrovsky, General Director of Aeroflot, signed the agreement at the VII Eastern Economic Forum on Monday
Rostec Conducts 100th Flight of MC-21-310 Aircraft with Russian-made Engine
Rostec has announced the hundredth flight of the MC-21-310 medium-haul airliner fitted with domestic PD-14 engines at Zhukovsky near Moscow. The aircraft is undergoing a flight certification test program at the Flight Research Institute (LII) named after V
Russian S-70 “Okhotnik” Heavy Stealth Drone Shot Down Over Ukraine: Friendly Fire...
Royal Navy Chief Apologizes to Victims of Sexual Harassment Serving Aboard British...
Amid Israeli Bombings, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Call on Lebanon to Assert “Full...
Turkey's Otokar Wins $930M Armored Vehicles Tender in Romania
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...