Pilot Flight of New Russian SSJ Passenger Jet to Take Place in May, Rostec Says

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Installation of a test stand for the airframe of the import-substituted version of the SSJ New - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 24.04.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The pilot flight of the new Russian passenger aircraft SSJ (Sukhoi Superjet) New with domestically produced equipment will take place in May, Alexander Voit, the head of the Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau, part of Russian state-owned defense corporation Rostec, said on Monday.
"The first flight of the SSJ New is scheduled for May. Everything that the pilots see in the cockpit is done in the Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau, just as is done everything that signals the pilot. This is the most significant event that we are all looking forward to this year," Voit told reporters.
SSJ New is the new version of Russian passenger plane Sukhoi Superjet-100 with more domestically-made components. It is part of Russia's campaign to decrease dependence on imports initiated following the two large waves of economic sanctions in 2014 and 2022.
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Moreover, Voit stated that Tupolev Tu-214 passenger aircraft equipped with domestically made equipment will be produced in Russia by the end of 2023.
"Now we [the Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau] will participate in the project of adapting the on-board radio-electronic equipment for the Tu-214 aircraft. The first aircraft should be produced at the end of this year and then a contract for a large number of aircraft for Aeroflot will be signed," Voit told reporters.
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