Sukhoi Upgrading Superjet 100 with Domestic Engine, Avionics

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is working on a new version of the country’s first passenger aircraft, Superjet 100, under its SSJ New Project.

Under the project, foreign-made systems and components of the aircraft will be replaced with domestic ones, including jet engines. The new Superjet will be powered by Russian PD-8 engine.

Some of these domestic systems are already undergoing tests, Rostec said in a statement.

"Superjet" was created in deep cooperation of the domestic aviation industry with foreign companies. In the early 2000s, most domestic manufacturers of systems and avionics were not yet ready to supply components for the SSJ100, which could be certified according to tougher aviation regulations, including foreign ones.