A next-generation Russian airliner is set to take on foreign aircraft in the global market starting in 2015. Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut Corporation is building the first three prototypes of ...

Rolls-Royce will consider developing an engine for Russia's proposed next-generation single-aisle twinjet, the MS-21, provided the aircraft concept lives up to heightened market expectations. Work on ...

Feb 29 (Reuters) - Russia is postponing the start of deliveries of its MS-21 passenger plane from this year until 2025 or 2026, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, citing Sergey Chemezov, CEO ...

The two next-generation airliners emerging from Russia and China have taken a significant step forward in development with the selection of new Western engines to power them. Several Western engine ...

The flight model of the MS-21 aircraft, which had previously been tested with an imported powerplant, was re-motorized and made its first flight with domestic PD–14 engines from the airfield of the ...

Less than a month after China’s national aerospace champion offered its challenge to Airbus and Boeing with the first flight of a 737-sized airliner, Russia entered the fray Sunday when jetmaker Irkut ...

The MS-21-300 aircraft makes its first flight with its new composite infused wing. Photo Credit: UAC On Dec. 25, Irkut’s (Moscow, Russia) MS-21-300 aircraft, the wing of which is made of ...

Russia completed the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium range passenger plane on Sunday. Moscow: Russia completed the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium range passenger plane on Sunday, its ...

In a 2006 survey, U.S. aerospace manufacturers concluded that liquid resin infusion of large primary structures was not quite mature enough for civil aircraft. But much has changed since then. Premium ...

The new-generation Russian passenger aircraft, manufactured by Irkut, is set to take on foreign makes in the global market. Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut Corporation is building the first three ...