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Russia's military aircraft industry: overview and outlook

May 22, 2012 The Voice of Russia
What are the leading tendencies of the Russian aviation industry for the next ten years - an expert ponders

Superjet – Down but not out?

May 21, 2012 Vladimir Kryuchkov, Grigory Sanin, Konstantin Ugodnikov, Itogi
Experts are divided over the prospects for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 after the tragic crash in Indonesia

India inducts 15 MiG-29Ks for carrier operations

May 21, 2012 Combined reports
Fifteen new Russian-made MiG-29K fighter jets have been inducted for Indian Navy carrier-borne operations, Indian Defence Minister, A.K. Antony told the country’s Parliament.

Russia to sell off 18 'Indian' Su-30 fighters

May 16, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia is to put up for sale a batch of 18 Sukhoi Su-30 multirole fighter aircraft, rejected by India on concerns about their engines and returned to Russia in 2003, a defense official said on Wednesday.

FGFA: facing delay but worth waiting

May 15, 2012 Combined reports
The Ministry of Defence has announced a two-year delay in the joint Indo-Russian project. But Indian designers are upbeat hailing the project as an “invaluable experience in testing and certifying a heavy fighter jet.”

Russia ready to set up Mig Plant in India

May 14, 2012 Combined reports
A defence ministry delegation is expected to leave for Moscow shortly to finalise, arrangements for the purchase of Russian Mig Supersonic Jet Fighters for the Indian Air Force.

Jet crash caused by human error?

May 11, 2012 Kommersant
Sukhoi SuperJet 100 crash in Indonesia has experts debating over the human factor in the accident

All Russian Air Force aerodromes to be reconstructed by 2020

May 3, 2012 ITAR-TASS
All the aerodromes at the sites where military airbases are located will be reconstructed by 2020, Russian Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

Fifth generation fighters provide air superiority

April 30, 2012 Anastasia Kislyakova, The Voice of Russia
FGFA: stealth technology, supersonic cruising speed and more top-notch features of super fighter jet

Russia to equip 60 Yak-130 combat trainers

April 26, 2012 The Voice of Russia
Over 60 Yak-130 combat training jets are to enter the Russian air forces by 2020, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Vladimir Drik said today.

India on brink of missile deal with Ukraine

April 26, 2012 RIA Novosti
Ukraine is close to signing one of its biggest ever defence deals for air-to-air missiles with India, according to Russian media reports.

Russia to test fly first combat drone in 2014

April 20, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia will test fly its first domestically-produced strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2014, First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov said on Friday.

Russian engine for the Indian Air Force meets the customer’s requirements

April 18, 2012 ITAR-TASS
The Russian-built AL-55I engine for the Indian HJT-36 trainer aircraft has demonstrated a strong performance, Ilya Fedorov, Managing Director of NPO Saturn, the developer of the engine, told ITAR-TASS.

MiG test pilot Ostapenko dies age 83

April 9, 2012 RIA Novosti
One of the Soviet Union's greatest test pilots, Pyotr Ostapenko, who helped develop MiG fighter planes for over thirty years, died aged 83 on Sunday, MiG said.

Three Moscow airports are to merge

April 4, 2012 Aleksey Ekimovsky, Kirill Slepynin
Moscow’s three largest airports may merge into a single organization, which would eventually be privatized, but experts fear that the planned consolidation will have a negative impact on competition

Airliner crash kills at least 31

April 2, 2012 Russia Today TV Channel, RIA Novosti
A passenger plane has crashed early Monday morning in Russia's Tyumen region, in Siberia. The country’s Emergencies Ministry says at least 31 people out of the 43 onboard were killed

India, Russia boycott EU aviation carbon tax

March 23, 2012 Combined reports
Indian airlines will not to comply with the European Union's (EU) carbon taxation scheme, according to civil aviation minister Ajit Singh.

Petrov sells Russian helicopters — and flies them

March 23, 2012 Irina Filatova, The Moscow Times
Russian Helicopters' chief executive, Dmitry Petrov, can pilote windmill.However it's hardly a bigger challenge than those that Petrov faces in his daily work

Russians take to the skies

March 16, 2012 Kirill Slepynin, Aleksey Ekimovsky, RIR
Light aviation, which almost completely disappeared in the 1990s, has been making its first steps towards recovery in Russia

India to buy ten Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft

March 16, 2012 ITAR-TASS
India’s Aviotech Pvt Ltd will buy ten Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft. A preliminary agreement on that was signed last year, the president of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, told reporters at India Aviation 2012 in Hyde
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