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UAC CEO Summarizes the Year: Record Combat Aircraft Output and Il-114-300 Progress
Dec 27, 2025
The CEO of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has summarized the results of the aviation industry over the past year in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Key topics include the full execution of the state defense order, strong growth across major financial indicators, and progress in civil aviation programs. In 2025, UAC achieved a record level of combat aircraft production, fully meeting its defense manufacturing targets.
Significant attention was given to the Il-114-300 regional aircraft, which has completed over ninety-nine percent of its certification flights and is nearing the final phase of testing.
UAC also reaffirmed that the domestic civil aviation market remains its top priority. Export deliveries are planned only after domestic demand is satisfied, primarily targeting friendly countries.
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Russia and India are developing joint
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projects in aircraft production. More
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than 300 domestic aircraft are already
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flying in India today on which other
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countries are interested in Russian
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aircraft and the results of the work.
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Vadim Badikov, general director of the
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United Aircraft Corporation spoke about
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AK in an interview with our channel.
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Vadim Alexandra, hello.
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Good afternoon, Arena.
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How did OAK Corporation allocate its
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resources and capacity this year? After
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all, you focused more on civil aircraft
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manufacturing or on the fulfillment of
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state defense orders. And how do you
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generally evaluate this year for the
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company?
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To begin with, I'm glad to mention that
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luckily we don't face the tough decision
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of choosing between civilian
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construction, combat aircraft for the
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army or aircraft for foreign buyers. We
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can focus on all aspects simultaneously.
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In terms of combat aviation, this year
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has been incredibly challenging yet
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productive as our output significantly
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surpassed expectations.
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Uh last year was record-breaking and
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this year we not only matched that
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record but fulfilled it entirely with
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great success.
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Absolutely.
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An equally important priority for us
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this year has been civil aviation. This
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sector presented unique challenges and
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opportunities for growth. Brought to
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Mansan tested the entire line of our
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civil aircraft and in parallel with this
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work activities were carried out to
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create new production facilities which
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are aimed at the production of civil
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aircraft which should ensure uh
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production in the volume in which it is
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necessary. First of all, our market and
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I can say that the scale of the
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investment program that is being
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implemented today in the aircraft
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industry
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probably comparable.
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Notably, this achievement mirrors the
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historic scale of building the Ulanovsk
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aviation plantast exactly five decades
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ago. A momentous event we'll celebrate
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next year on its 50th anniversary. No
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such large-scale initiative has come to
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fruition since then. And alongside this,
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we are also conducting crucial aircraft
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tests. We have already launched serial
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production of our entire line of M
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aircraft with 21 dry superjets.
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High production readiness has been
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achieved for models like 1114 and 214
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aircraft. Out of 21 serial models, 16M
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aircraft have entered the final assembly
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stage at the Kutsk facility.
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Additionally, the Sukhoy Superjet's
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first serial aircraft has completed its
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maiden flight and testing and it is
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currently awaiting certification to be
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formally delivered to the customer.
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Your project resembling IL14300. How is
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the program development progressing in
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detail?
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Currently engaged in detailed efforts on
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this program to ensure progress.
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Certification flights are nearing
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completion. Today we have completed more
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than 99% of these flights. There are
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literally a few left.
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Flights associated with climatic
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characteristics of operation. We will
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wait for the appropriate climatic
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conditions. There are issues related to
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icing with low temperatures and
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lightning. This
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uh should happen in the foreseeable
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future. We hope and accordingly based on
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the results of this work, we will
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receive all the necessary documents.
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Here I am talking about the Rosavatzia
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certificate. Today most of the documents
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have already been submitted to our
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certification authorities. In parallel
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with this work, serial production of
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aircraft and 114 at the plant in
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Lukovitza is near Moscow and the first
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three aircraft will be ready for
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delivery to the customer next year.
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With what detailed financial results
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does the company close the year? Did you
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reach your goals? Have you been able to
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reverse prior unprofitable trends? And
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which specific projects are yielding
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profits currently? I will probably start
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with the fact that our task is to make
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everything profitable for our
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corporation.
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A major goal this year was reversing the
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negative trend in economic indicators
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across various domains.
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I want to say that we have fulfilled
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this task. We have achieved growth in
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all our main economic indicators
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including increasing the profitability
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of our activities. The goal was to reach
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zero profitability this year. I think
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that we will get as close as possible to
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this task and next year we will
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absolutely definitely turn positive. If
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we talk about indicators related to the
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debt burden then they have not increased
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even decreased in some way. However,
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taking into account the fact that the
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rate continues to have a significant
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impact on our economy. This has not
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significantly affected the improvement
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of our economic condition rather in the
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opposite direction. It is also necessary
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to take into account that a significant
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share of our revenue is occupied by
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exports and
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the low exchange rate which today is I
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think decisive in terms of the economy
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for all exporters also of course had a
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negative impact on our financial and
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economic results. But nevertheless, we
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have definitely achieved positive
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dynamics compared to previous years. And
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next year, we plan to break even and
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profitability.
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At the same time, you are conducting a
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large-scale program to increase
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efficiency. Can any results already be
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indicated?
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Certainly, as of today,
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the difficult economic conditions in
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which we find ourselves require and
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create conditions for us to work more
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intensively to improve our efficiency.
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This must be done in any case because
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our task
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sell our equipment at prices that will
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satisfy both civilian customers, foreign
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customers and the ministry of defense.
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We have an extensive efficiency
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improvement program. The key tasks that
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were set for this year have been
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fulfilled. First of all, this concerns
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the reduction of nonproduction costs. We
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have reduced about 30 billion rubles in
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non-production costs this year.
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Two, the task concerned increasing labor
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productivity. It stands the goal of
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increasing labor productivity by 30% on
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average across all our enterprises in 30
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years. We are moving confidently in this
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direction. Application plays a big role
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here including robotization of
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automation. But this includes improving
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the operational efficiency of our
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activities.
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Tell us about your contract with
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partners from India. It was stated that
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this was one of the largest
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international contracts or transactions
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or agreements in the civil sphere. What
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will it be?
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Let me start with what India is for us
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a long-standing and very serious partner
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for us uh for our aircraft industry.
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More than 300 domestically produced
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aircraft fly in India. Many of them
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produced at factories in India that we
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built and this is true.
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Uh both the aircraft themselves for
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example the sue30 aircraft is produced
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in India and the engines for them. Of
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course these competencies these
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enterprises these specialists the links
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between our enterprises create a good
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basis for producing both civil and
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optional equipment at these facilities.
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India sees the high efficiency of
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today's Sukcoy superjet aircraft. We
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note today that its reliability and
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efficiency are not inferior to foreign
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counterparts. The best indicator is that
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today the dry superjet is on the busiest
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flight in our country on the flight
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Moscow St. Petersburg shuttle
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airline Russia where flights are
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performed every hour
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and of course the key factor of this
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project is that the dry super jet like
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the rest of our civil aircraft is fully
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produced. In our country we are the only
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country in the world where all
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components are developed and produced in
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full. This creates conditions so that
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localization programs with the Indian
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side do not depend on anyone except our
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two countries. Today we are moving in
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this direction. We are following this
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track. There is a good market in India.
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We believe that this is a very good
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opportunity for us but at the same time
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programs
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civil aviation which we are developing
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today. Of course, we are focusing
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including on foreign markets, saturating
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first of all, of course, our airlines.
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We are counting on
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that there will be sales abroad,
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especially since the trend continues for
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at least the next 10 years. Deficit in
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production capacity of modern civil
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aircraft
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expanding beyond India. Which other
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countries are involved?
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Today first of all we talk and our
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artistic countries with some of them are
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deep. Negotiations are already underway
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at this stage. Preliminary study of us
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is underway with someone mainly today.
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They limit what we are.
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Our utmost priority is to thoroughly
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saturate our market ensuring that
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international customers are fully
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informed about our projects and feel
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compelled to engage in them. Our initial
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and foremost commitment remains to our
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domestic market.
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Given all the challenges that the
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corporation is now facing, given the
9:48
difficult macroeconomic situation, is
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work underway on creating an aircraft of
9:53
the future and that it could still be a
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completely import substituted aircraft
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or perhaps some cooperation with other
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countries again with friendly
10:01
opportunities with China. And what is
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the aircraft of the future?
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China today
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completed the project to create its own
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civil aircraft. This is an aircraft
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similar to the MC21. We see that they
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have followed a path similar to the one
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that Russia has followed in the MC21
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project initially. That is
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predominantly incorporating foreignmade
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components. The aircraft is now 80%
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Chinese but still fundamentally a
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western design.
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Our extensive foundational expertise
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rooted in 30 years of history forms the
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ideal groundwork for independently
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crafting the next generation of
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advancements.
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Securing the future of aviation remains
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an active endeavor. Most notably,
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significant work is being spearheaded by
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the central aviation institute taganvan
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and integrated with the need zukovski
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efforts.
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There is concentrated knowledge that has
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accumulated over many many years. No
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country in the world has such a unique
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system that all aviation knowledge is
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concentrated in their hands. And I can
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also note that this creates the basis
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for in the future.
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They use this knowledge by creating a
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library of this knowledge to apply
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artificial intelligence to develop new
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aviation complexes.
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Today we are very actively working on
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the creation of new aircraft and new
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aviation complexes with the wide
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involvement of young people and creative
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teams on a competitive basis. Because
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one of the advantages
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the Soviet aviation school had internal
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competition. We are trying to preserve
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this principle not to lose it as the key
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to our movement forward.
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Vadim Alexandrovich, thank you very much
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for this interview.
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Thank you.
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