Flight International - August 18, 2015

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RUSSIA

SPECIAL REPORT

After several years that saw a new era of commercial orientation, structural reform

and active Western collaboration bringing visible momentum into Russian

aerospace, a combination of geopolitical tensions, economic pressures and

changing markets have the industry facing urgent calls for improved performance

RUSSIA AT A

TURNING POINT

CONTENTS

30 Stretch target Superjet NG

36 Steely ambition MC-21

38 Getting in shape Ecojet

39 Playing catch-up Engine industry

40 Complex decisions Ilyushin Finance

42 Unity is strength Yuri Slyusar

44 Grand plans Modernised military

46 Heavy matters Russian Helicopters