Yuri Slyusar: "The first three aircraft MC-21 aircraft designed for static and flight tests began to be produced at the Irkutsk aircraft factory."
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At the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the production of the first three MC-21 aircraft for static and flight tests began. These will be MC-21-300 - the basic model of the MC-21 family with the dimension of 180 seats, which will go into production first. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Yuri Slusar, during a meeting in Irkutsk on the preparation for the mass production of MS-21 passenger planes.
Yuri Slyusar emphasized that MS-21 is a key, basic project of the state development program aviation. The deputy minister said that from a technological point of view, the project is being implemented quite successfully. The plant has already been fully transferred the working design documentation. Installation of the first eight stations of the assembly line for the compartments of the MS-21 aircraft began, which will be commissioned in the first half of 2014. Installation of all sixty assembly line stations is planned to be completed in 2015. The deadlines for commissioning the assembly line are consistent with the schedule for the implementation of the MS-21 program. The deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia also said that preparations for the production of MS-21 components are also being carried out at other enterprises. “Recently, we visited Ulyanovsk, where a project is being implemented to manufacture a composite wing using the latest technologies. Along with a promising engine, these are the most important competitive advantages of the new airliner, ”the deputy minister noted. Speaking about the financing of the project, Yuri Slyusar said that in the year 2014 for this program in the federal budget provides about 17 billion rubles.
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