Russia eyes passenger jet production using own wing material
The MS-21 jetliner flew its maiden flight in December with Russian-built engines and is now undergoing certification tests
24 February 2021 - 15:21
Dubai — Russia plans to begin manufacturing the first domestic medium-range passenger jet since the Soviet era next year, after US sanctions delayed the project by as much as 18 months.
“We had to create our own production and currently we have created the material and we have made up our own wing using our material,” Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergey Chemezov said in an interview on the sidelines of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference in the United Arab Emirates...
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