Russia’s Aerospace Import Substitution Efforts Enter Final Stretch

MC-21 fuselage section at UAC’s Irkutsk Aviation Plant

The MC-21 had fewer imported subsystems to be replaced than the SJ-100, but it still is not likely to meet its delivery schedule.

Credit: Yakovlev
Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian aerospace has had no access to Western equipment. Replacing it has already taken years and will hamper industry for many more to come. Russia’s commercial aircraft industry is still wrestling with the consequences of Western sanctions. Companies...

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