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SJ-100 pylon for PD-8 engine undergoes windtunnel testing

Russian aerospace researchers are conducting windtunnel testing of the engine pylon for the Yakovlev SJ-100 version to be powered by domestically-built engines. The new model will feature Aviadvigatel ...
Flightglobal

SJ-100’s PD-8 engine passes blade-out containment tests

Blade-failure tests have been carried out on the Aviadvigatel PD-8 engine for Russia’s import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100. United Engine says the PD-8 passed the test “successfully” on a rig at its ...
TASS

Import-substituted SJ-100 with Russian PD-8 engine to begin testing in December

MOSCOW, October 31. /TASS/. The fully import-substituted SJ-100 aircraft with the Russian PD-8 engine will take off and begin testing in December 2023, Head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov said in an ...
Aviation Week

First Flight Of Russian Engine-Powered SJ-100 Slips To 2025

Issues with the new PD-8 turbofan engines may again delay the certification of the import-free variant of Russia’s Superjet 100 (SJ-100) regional jet. The only SJ-100 prototype started certification ...
TASS

Russia’s import-substituted SJ-100 equipped with PD-8 engines takes off for maiden flight

According to First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, it was an important and long-awaited step towards certification of a technologically independent version of the Superjet MOSCOW, March 17.