Faced with the sanctions imposed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, the government of Russia already working on alternatives to circumvent a possible lack of aircraft, as well as the replacement of parts.
To that end, Russia must accelerate the development of the Irkut MC-21, a narrow-body aircraft with all-Russian technology to move away from Western dependence.
In this sense, other aircraft whose production has already ended or delivered on a smaller scale are also in the sights of a possible 'rebirth', as is the case of the widebody Ilyushin Il-96, Tupolev Tu-204 and Tu-214, without excluding the program of Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Despite the optimism with the resumption of production of Russian aircraft, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov recognizes that accelerating the development of the MC-21 will be a major challenge, mainly because the initial project was intended to have greater international cooperation. , something that did not go as planned.
Even before the sanctions applied as a result of the war in Ukraine, the development of the MC-21 underwent embargoes by the United States regarding the use of Western parts in the avionics, as well as the use of CFM Leap engines, forcing the development of the Russian PD engine. -14 exclusively for the MC-21.
Now, with the expectation of the first delivery of the MC-21 for September this year, Russia will probably be even more distant from Western technologies, approaching allied countries like China to circumvent the current sanctions.
With information: Flight global
