All articles by Vladimir Karnozov – Page 5
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Aeroflot becomes Il-96-400T launch customer after Atlant-Soyuz defers deliveries
Aeroflot has agreed to take three Ilyushin Il-96-400Ts this year after the widebody freighter's intended launch customer Atlant-Soyuz renegotiated its 2006...
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Russian air force seeks 24-36 Su-35 fighters
The Russian air force has asked the nation's defence ministry to approve a "worthwhile order" for Sukhoi's new Su-35, service commander Gen Aleksandr Zelin...
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Russia pushes pushers
Russia is concentrating on high-speed technologies to ensure profitable growth for its helicopter industry VLADIMIR...
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EADS to sell its 10% Irkut stake
EADS is selling its 10% stake in Russian airframer NPK Irkut, a deal that will leave the Airbus parent without an ownership stake in Russia's aviation industry...
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Red Wings takes its first new Tu-204-100B
Russian low-cost carrier Red Wings has taken delivery of its first new-build Perm PS90A-powered Tu-204-100B from Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk. The...
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Russia misses out A350 risk-sharing opportunity
Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) has decided not to take up Airbus's offer of a risk-sharing role in the A350 XWB widebody twinjet project and will reduce...
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Angara named as possible spacecrew transport system launcher
The Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre's in-development...
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Ukraine expects first An-70 transports in 2010
Delivery of the first two Antonov An-70 transports to the Ukrainian air force has slipped to 2010 after Russia effectively suspended project funding three...
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OAK puts faith in Sukhoi
RUSSIA vladimir karnozov moscow OAK puts faith in Sukhoi Maker of Superjet and iconic fighters gets free rein in Russia's aerospace conglomerate It...
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Algeria seeks additional batch of Su-30MKA fighters
Algeria has filed a request with Russia's Rosoboronexport arms agency for a further batch of 14-16 Sukhoi Su-30MKA multirole fighters, while also demanding...
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Sukhoi Superjet takes to the air
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype finally took to the air on 19 May, initiating the twinjet's delayed flight-test programme. The first flight of the...
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Russia tenders for paratroop training aircraft
The Russian defence ministry has launched a tender for a light utility aircraft to be used as a training platform for paratrooper parachute jumping. Its...
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Aeroflot Superjet deliveries delayed as first flight approaches
Sukhoi expects to fly the first Superjet 100 during April, but the delay...
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Aeroflot withdraws Tu-134
Aeroflot has ceased operations of the Tupolev Tu-134 twinjet, which was due to be replaced by its new fleet of Sukhoi Superjet 100s from later this year....
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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...
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Algeria returns 'faulty' MiG-29s
Algeria is returning 12 RSK MiG-29SMT single-seat fighters and UBT-model trainers to Russia, after refusing to accept the aircraft amid allegations of poor...
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NewsSukhoi Su-35-1 makes first flight
Sukhoi's Su-35-1 single-seat multirole fighter made its first flight from Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on 18 February. Completion of two more aircraft is due...
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Civil rotorcraft special: Russia - taking on the west
consolidation Taking on the west A reorganisation of the Russian helicopter industry is aimed at keeping its manufacturers competitive on the...
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Tipchak UAV enters Russian service
Russia's Land Forces has accepted into service the Tipchak mobile air reconnaissance system (1K133), the sensor payload for which was developed by Russian...