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MILITARY AVIATION
• Third PAK FA entering flight tests in Moscow Region • RusAF to receive over 120 Su-34 bombers by 2020 • RusAF to get 30 Su-30SM fighters • MiG-29M2 makes its debut in Kazakhstan • New upgraded Su-25SMs from Kubinka • First Mi-35s for Russian Air Force • Mi-28N helicopters being fielded • More Ka-52s for Air Force Yak-130 debuts at Farnborough Su-35S in trials Tikhomirov radars: from Yak-130 to Tu-160 Interview of Tikhomirov-NIIP Director General Yuri Bely INDUSTRY • Ilyushin 476 gearing up for maiden flight • SaM146’s full-rate production certificated by EASA • Russian Helicopters: continued growth • Ka-62: maiden flight in a year • Mi-38 to hit the market in 2015 • Mi-171A2 preparing to pick up the baton • Ka-226T deliveries to kick off in 2013 • Ansat gearing up for getting back to global market • UEC ramping up output • PD-14: technology demonstrator kicks off tests • Upgraded D-18T to power new Ruslans • PD-30: future Russian thirty-tonner • TV3-117VMA-SBM1V – now for Mi-8T as well • Salut continues to upgrade AL-31F • RD-33: output on the rise Phazotron’s radars for MiGs, helicopters and more Interview of Phazotron-NIIR Corporation General Designer Yuri Guskov Mi-26T2 is ready to take over leadership PS-90A: 3 million hours in the sky CONTRACTS AND DELIVERIES • Russian Navy ordering MiG-29K • Demand for Mi-35 remains stable • First Ka-32s for Brazil and Kazakhstan • Helicopters of Mi-17 family still leading market COMMERCIAL AVIATION • Significant milestone of MC-21 programme • Volga-Dnepr commissions its fifth Il-76TD-90VD • New L-410s for Russian airlines Sukhoi Superjet 100: a year in service Airliners for Russian regions |
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