The first two of the 16 domestically-made engines for the Russian MC-21-300 passenger plane were mounted this week, in a move to eventually replace American-made Pratt & Whitney engines, AviaPort.ru reports.
The MC-21-300 is Russia’s first post-Soviet large domestic airliner. It is produced by the Irkut division of Russia’s...
Over 200 different weapon systems will be showcased by Russia’s state arms export company Rosoboronexport at the FAMEX-2019 international aerospace show in Santa Lucia, Mexico this week, TASS news agency reported.
The company, part of state-run hi-tech corporation Rostec, said it will demonstrate Russian defense products which have the...
Russia’s Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company, owned by industrial giant Nornickel, will invest over $96 million in environmental projects in Monchegorsk in the Murmansk Region, the company’s press service said on Wednesday, according to TASS news agency.
"Nornickel’s Investment Committee has approved the projects to cut emissions and to improve...
Workers at a Ford factory in Russia slated for closure in June could organize a partial shutdown of production this week to protest layoffs of over 1,000 employees, a local labor union leader said Friday, according to Car.ru.
Ford Sollers, the American automotive giant’s joint venture in Russia, announced late...
Korean carmaker Hyundai is among the companies that seek to snap up Ford plants slated for closure in Russia and within a month or two the fate of these facilities will have to be decided on, Russia’s Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov told reporters on Friday, according...
A proposed deal between Slovenian flag carrier Adria Airways and Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company for the purchase of 15 SSJ100 planes has fallen through, with both companies citing different reasons for the development, Rusaviainsider.com reports.
The carrier, owned by Germany-based private equity firm 4K Invest, issued a...
After Turkey insisted last week on a major arms purchase from Russia, the United States said Monday it was halting all deliveries and joint work with its NATO ally on the F-35 fighter jet program, the BBC in Russian reports.
This is the first direct U.S. measure against Turkey, after...
More than 126,000 new passenger cars of the station wagon body style were sold in Russia in 2018, a 66% jump compared to a year before, according to an evaluation published in a report by Autostat.
The analytics agency notes that their assessment includes only classic wagons, without crossovers and...
German automotive giant Mercedes-Benz's $280 million plant in Russia’s Podmoskovye will be inaugurated by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Gid55 reported.
The 85-hectare plant is located in the Esipovo Industrial Park, about 40 kilometers north of Moscow, and is equipped with Industry 4.0 technologies and full flexible assembly technology...
The CEO of Rusal, one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers, has said the company had fully resumed supplies of primary aluminum to the United States and Europe to the level prior to U.S. sanctions imposed last year.
"The volume of supplies to Europe and U.S. has been fully resumed...
