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25 December 2021 Airliner MC-21-300 with wings made of Russian composites performs its first flight

Today an MC-21-300 aircraft, whose wings are made of polymer composite materials produced in Russia, has performed its first flight.
30 November 2021 UAC completed the construction of the MC-21-300 plane with Russian composite wing

Irkut Corporation (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) has completed the construction of the first MC-21-300 aircraft with a Russian-made polymer composite wing.
22 June 2021 MC-21-310 flight-test aircraft arrived in Ulyanovsk to be painted

June 22, 2021 MC-21-310 flight-test aircraft equipped with the Russian PD-14 engines arrived form Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irkut Corporation (part of UAC, Rostec State Corporation), to Ulyanovsk Vostochny airport.
17 March 2021 The agreement on the modernization and licensed production of IL-103 in Hungary concluded

The agreement on the modernization and licensed production of IL-103 in Hungary was concluded on March 17 between Ilyushin Aviation Complex (part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) under Rostec State Corporation) and the Hungarian company Aviation Engineering Zrt.
16 December 2020 New Regional Passenger Aircraft IL-114-300 Made Its Maiden Flight

On December 16th, 2020, a new regional passenger turboprop aircraft Il-114-300 made its maiden flight at the Zhukovsky airfield.
15 December 2020 MC-21-310 aircraft with Russian PD-14 engines made its maiden flight

On the 15th of December 2020 the MС-21-310 aircraft equipped with the new Russian PD-14 engines made its maiden flight from the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irkut Corporation (part of UAC, Rostec State Corporation).
5 August 2020 Preliminary results of MC-21-300 aircraft tests on engines protection against water penetration are summed up

Irkut Corporation summarized the preliminary results of MC-21-300 aircraft ground testing, which confirmed the possibility of operating the aircraft in presence of water on runway.
16 July 2020 MC-21-300 aircraft engine water protection tests have been started

Irkut Corporation (as part of UAC of Rostec State Corporation) started tests of MC-21-300 to confirm the possibility of operating the aircraft in the presence of water on runway.
25 June 2020 MC-21-300 prototype will continue testing after painting

On June 25, 2020, the MC-21-300 test aircraft, painted at Spektr-Avia, Ulyanovsk, returned to Ramenskoye airfield (Zhukovsky, Moscow region), where it will continue its flights under the certification test program.
10 June 2020 MC-21-300 test aircraft arrived in Ulyanovsk for painting