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Second Irkut MC-21 Airliner Prototype Being Prepared for First Flight

February 9, 2018 @ 12:02 PM

The second prototype of Russias MC-21-300 airliner is being prepared for first flight even as the first aircraft has completed more than 30 flights. Flight tests of MC-21-300, the new medium-range...

Russian MOD To Get 14 New Su-30SM Jets This Year, More To...

February 8, 2018 @ 12:39 PM

Russias Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Thursday that the Russian troops will get more than a dozen new Su-30 SM fighter jets in 2018, Sputnik reports. "This years production plan...

Myanmar Commissions 10 Military Aircraft

December 18, 2017 @ 10:25 AM

Myanmar has commissioned 10 military aircraft during a ceremony commemorating the 70 anniversary of the nations Air Force. A total of 10 airplanes — six Yak-130s, two Fokker-70s and two ATR...

Russia Completes Static Tests on MC-21 Aircraft Wing Box

November 24, 2017 @ 05:37 PM

Russian Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) has completed another stage of static tests of a composite load-bearing wing box of MC-21-300 aircraft. The lead designer of the aircraft is Irkut Corporation...

Russian Western Military District to Replace MiG-29 with Su-30SM Fighters in 2018

November 23, 2017 @ 11:34 AM

Russias western military district will receive a combat squadron of Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets which will replace the existing Mikoyan MiG-29SMT fighters under the rearmament program in 2018. The aviation unit...

Saudi Arabia In Talks To Purchase Superjet, MC-21 Aircraft

November 21, 2017 @ 06:50 AM

Saudi Arabia is eyeing Russia's newest commercial aircraft -- Sukhoi Superjet 100 and MC-21, and is reportedly in talks for the purchase with the Russian officials. In an interview with TASS,...

Twenty Aircraft per year Production Line for MC-21 Airliner

November 11, 2017 @ 06:03 AM

Irkut Corporation of Russia is setting up a 20 aircraft per year production line for its MC-21 commercial airliner project at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP). The aircraft has received advanced...

Irkut MC-21 Jetliner Flight Tested at 12000 Meters Altitude

November 3, 2017 @ 02:23 PM

The MC-21-300 test aircraft performed the first flight from the airfield of Flight Research Institute, M M Gromov in Zhukovsky city near Moscow today. During the more than three hours flight,...

South Korea, Saudi Arabia Sign MoU on Mutual Quality Guarantee for Exported Arms

February 24, 2025 @ 08:48 AM

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabia on a mutual quality guarantee program for exported arms, aiming to increase bilateral defense trade

Russia Launches 267 Shahed Drones against Ukraine in Overnight Attack

February 24, 2025 @ 07:16 AM

Russia launched 267 Shahed drones against Ukraine in the largest coordinated drone attack since the invasion began nearly three years ago, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

AI-Infused Bayraktar Drone with New Engine Completes Test Flights

February 24, 2025 @ 06:50 AM

Turkish defense company Baykar has introduced an upgraded version of its Bayraktar TB2 drone, known as the TB2T-AI, equipped with a turboprop engine and artificial intelligence