MOSCOW, November 13. The first serial deliveries of import-substituted SJ-100 aircraft will begin in 2024, Rostec reported.
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"Possible adjustments to timing within a few months should not be regarded as critical. The first import-substituted SJ-100 will be handed over to operators after passing the full range of tests and certification. Next year, as planned, large-scale deliveries of these aircraft to Russian airlines will begin. At the moment, 22 airliners are already in varying degrees of readiness,” said the state corporation.
The SJ-100 is a short-haul narrow-body aircraft, which is being created under the program of import substitution of systems and components. The airliner will become another model in the family of Superjet type aircraft currently in operation.
Rostec recalled that we are talking about the construction of, in fact, a new aircraft in an import-substituted form, where all systems and assemblies will be made in Russia. At the same time, the program is being implemented in a time frame unprecedented for the global aircraft industry.
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«Examples from world practice show that the creation of just one engine for a civilian airliner takes from ten to 15 years, we are moving twice as fast. A testing program for all systems and assemblies for the imported SJ-100 is currently underway, which will be completed in full,» — the holding clarified.
It is emphasized that all systems are created and adjusted based on test results in such a way as to guarantee reliability and safety — this is an absolute priority.
As the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), part of Rostec, Yuri Slyusar, said today, flight tests of import-substituted SJ-100s with the Russian PD-8 engine will begin service next year. Before this, it was assumed that they would take place in December.
At the same time, the first flight of the import-substituted SJ-100, manufactured by the production center of PJSC Yakovlev (part of the UAC), with import-substituted systems, took place on August 29. Then, in total, about 40 systems and units were replaced on the aircraft. To speed up the testing program on the first prototype of the vessel, French-Russian SaM146 engines were used.