The MS-21 will have to replace 36 Western-made systems
Deputy General Director «Yakovlev» Anatoly Gaidansky told us when the first flight of the partially imported medium-range aircraft MS-21 will take place: it will happen before June 30 of this year. The first flight of the completely imported MS-21 (MS-21 0013) will take place later, but also this year — until the end of November.
«Now our car is running, the main work is being carried out on the power supply system. The comments and improvements to the software regarding the interaction between the SES and the aircraft are underway. Upon completion of this work in May, we plan to send a delegation of designers to the plant to prepare the machine for independent inspection and transfer to the flight test station», — Anatoly Gaidansky spoke about the planned June flight of the airliner.
As reported by «e-Prom», «Yakovlev» It is necessary to replace 36 Western-made systems with Russian analogues on the MS-21. Deliveries of serial MC-21 to Russian airlines will begin in 2025 or even 2026.