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.
Russia’s new MC-21 narrowbody commercial aircraft will have its composite wing reinforced before it can start flight trials, its designer, Irkut Corp., confirmed April 4.
Russia had another strong year of defense exports in 2016, keeping its second-place spot on the global arms market, although new orders hit a five-year low.
