Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow.
The Russian Defense Ministry received the first serial Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A heavy transport aircraft (serial number 0109) in a handover April 2 at the Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar-SP facility.
Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody aircraft program is moving forward, as officials confirmed the successful test of a new wing for the airliner made from Russian composites while certification trials have sped up the introduction of the third prototype.
