Air TransportSJ-100 aircraft with Russian PD-8 engines completes water ingestion certification testsThe tests in Zhukovsky are part of the certification process for the new commercial jet equipped with locally sourced componentsNovember 10, 2025Read More
Air TransportRussia Considers PD-8 Engine Retrofit for SSJ100 FleetRosaviatsiya explores SaM146 engine replacement to extend operational life amid sanctionsOctober 10, 2025Read More
General AviationRussia Begins Adapting Be-200 Amphibious Aircraft to Use Indigenous PD-8 EngineNew engine developed for the SJ-100 regional jet will also power Beriev's firefighting amphibianAugust 03, 2025Read More
Air TransportSJ-100 Commercial Aircraft Flies to Zhukovsky for Certification‘Russified’ prototype of Yakovlev’s regional jet departs Komsomolsk-on-Amur for the Gromov Flight Research InstituteJune 23, 2025Read More
Air TransportAll-Russian SJ-100 completes maiden flightThird prototype of Yakovlev commercial jet has PD-8 engines and domestically developed avionics and systems installed to replace similar Western modelsApril 24, 2025Read More
Air TransportSuperjet jet flies for the first time with Russian PD-8 engineThe prototype is still an aircraft with Western components, while UAC finalizes other fully 'Russified' prototypesMarch 17, 2025Read More
Air TransportNew Russian PD-8 engine begins flight testing on an Il-76LLTurbofan will replace the SaM-146, produced in partnership with the French company Safran, in the commercial jet SSJ-NewDecember 26, 2022Read More
Air TransportRussia moves forward with development of the all-domestic SSJ-New jetNew version of the Superjet undergoes tests and a wind tunnel to evaluate the new PD-8 engineNovember 24, 2022Read More