Russia’s Irkut canceled joint project with Airbus
The cancelled EADS Irkut Seaplane project enabled the Russian manufacturer to bring its system of quality control up to international standards [...]
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MC-21 prototype reaches power on stage
The new Russian aircraft is being prepared for the maiden flight. [...]
Irkut forecasts 980 MC-21 aircraft to be sold by 2035
The main part of the sales of the new airliner accrues to Russia and the CIS countries [...]
Irkut files application for European validation of MC-21 certificate
Russian certification of the aircraft’s basic version, the MC-21-300, is scheduled for 2018 [...]
MC-21 will be certified by FATA not IAC
Russia’s new generation narrow-body will be the first airplane to be fully certificated by Russia’s own authority, not the Interstate Aviation Committee [...]
MC-21 fuselage delivered to TsAGI for testing
The second prototype of the MC-21-300 will undergo pressurization and structural testing [...]
Assembly of first MC-21-200 to begin in 2017
Aviastar-SP plans to deliver airframe elements for two prototypes of the aircraft's shortened version to Irkutsk next year [...]
MC-21 rolled out in Irkutsk
The first prototype will be used for flight testing [...]
Left half-wing for MC-21 prototype delivered to final assembly
The right half-wing is already being attached to the fuselage at the assembly line in Irkutsk [...]
MC-21’s wing delivered to Irkutsk
A composite wing panel of the aircraft’s first prototype has reached the final assembly line. [...]
First MC-21 fuselage assembled
The wing to be attached shortly, Irkut reported [...]
Pratt & Whitney delivers first engine for MC-21
The powerplant was delivered to Irkut Corporation’s production facility by a special charter flight on August 23. [...]