CompositesWorld

MS-21-300 debuts first flight with carbon fiber wing

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 ...
CompositesWorld

Irkut Corp. completes construction of fourth MS-21-300 flight test aircraft

The Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irkut Corp. (a part of United Aircraft Corp., Moscow, Russia), has completed systems diagnostics of the fourth MS-21-300 aircraft designed for flight tests. The ...
Flightglobal

Sukhoi MS-21 tie-up opens door for stretched Superjet

Russia's leading aerospace companies Irkut and Sukhoi have agreed to co-ordinate the family planning of their airliner programmes as part of a joint development effort on the MS-21 next-generation ...

Russia Showcases Self-Reliant Aviation Power With Successful MS-21 Test Flight In Irkutsk

Russia’s MS-21 aircraft test marks a historic aviation milestone, as the first fully domestically-produced passenger jet ...
Seattle Times

Russia’s challenger to 737 and A320 makes first brief flight

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 ...
Flightglobal

P&W reveals new slip for MS-21 first flight

Pratt & Whitney has revealed a new slip to first flight for the geared turbofan-powered Irkut MS-21, but there is no explanation. Although entry into service previously slid one year to 2017, the ...
Centreforaviation.com

EASA representatives complete second round of test flights on MS-21-300

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Irkut Corporation paints MS-21-300 experimental aircraft

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TASS

SuperJet and MS-21 part of strategic partnership with foreign companies

SINGAPORE, February 13, 22:01 /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s programmes to build Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) and MS-21 passenger planes are part of its strategic partnership with foreign companies, United ...
Business Insider

Unannounced, new Russian passenger plane completes maiden flight

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia completed the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first foray into mainline commercial aircraft since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Reuters

Russia squares up to Boeing, Airbus with maiden jet flight

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia carried out the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first post-Soviet foray into production of a mainline commercial aircraft which it ...