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Rostec Corporation
has began serial
production of large
carbon fibre composite
parts for fin boxes and
a stabiliser for the
MC-21 airliner and is
scheduled to complete
the first five airliners
before the end of 2018.
The Irkut MC-21 is a Russian
single-aisle twinjet airliner,
developed by the Yakovlev Design
Bureau and produced by Irkut,
both United Aircraft Corporation
subsidiaries. Initial design started
in 2006 and detailed design was
ongoing in 2011. Introduction of
the airliner was delayed from 2012
to 2020, with the first MC-21-300
rolled-out on 8 June 2016, completing
its first flight on 28 May 2017.
An agreement on the production
of composite parts was signed by
Obninsk Research and Production
Enterprise Technologiya named after
A.G. Romashin (part of the holding
company RT-Chemcomposite) on
the part of Rostec and by Irkut
Corporation on the part of UAC.
The project implementation will
enable the enterprise forming
part of Rostec to increase the
share of civilian products.
"Parts of the empennage
which have been produced
successfully underwent static and
dynamic tests,” Sergey Abramov,
Industrial Director of Rostec
Weapons cluster, has confirmed.
As part of co-operation
in creating the MC-21 airliner,
Rostec's enterprise has developed
a technology for producing power
parts for fin boxes and a stabiliserRostec to supply composite
aggregates for MC-21
of polymer composite materials
with an extensive use of automated
technologies for layup and shaping
of prepreg layers. The start of serial
production involves the capabilities
of new equipment. Due to the
project implementation, the share
of civilian products made by the
corporation will increase by 3-5%,
which will have a positive impact
on the Strategy implementation
in Rostec Weapons cluster.
The carbon fibre composite
parts for the "Magistral aircraft of
the XXI century" will be produced
in an upgraded production space
with state-of-the-art equipment,
such as a unique facility for
automated prepreg layup which
has no analogues in Russia. The
facility allows making large
products for prospective aviation
equipment using Russian materials.
Confirmation that Obninsk
Research and Production Enterprise
Technologiya is fully capable
and ready to produce high-tech
products for the new generation
of aviation equipment has come
from Bureau Veritas, a global
leader in certification. The means
that the Russian companies have
been the first ones to receive a
certificate of conformity of the
quality management system with
the latest international AS/EN
9100:2016 quality management
standard for the aerospace industry.
Established in 2007, Rostec
facilitates the development,
production and export of high-tech
industrial products designed for
civilian and military applications.
The Corporation comprises over
700 organisations that are currently
part of eleven holding companies
operating in the military-industrial
complex and three holding
companies working in civilian
industry, as well as 80 directly
managed organizations. Rostec's
portfolio includes well-known
brands such as AVTOVAZ, KAMAZ,
Kalashnikov Concern, Russian
Helicopters, VSMPO AVISMA,
UralVagonZavod, amongst others.
Rostec companies supply
products to more than 70 countries
and in 2016 the consolidated revenue
of Rostec reached 1 trillion 266 billion
rubles, while the consolidated net
income and EBITDA amounted to 88
and 268 billion rubles respectively. •Sergey Abramov, Industrial Director of Rostec Weapons cluster.