Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian aerospace has had no access to Western equipment. Replacing it will continue to hamper manufacturers and airlines for years.
The new CEO of Russia’s United Aircraft Corp., Vadim Badekha, has restructured the OEM to give him direct control of its delayed commercial aircraft programs.
Ukrainian forces have claimed the downing a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3, which crashed after a missile strike against the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
Interest in the United Aircraft Corporation's Tupolev Tu-214 program was revived in 2022 when Western sanctions banned deliveries of Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) continues to attract new commercial customers for its Soviet-legacy Tupolev Tu-214 passenger narrowbody airliner.