Russian UAC, Indian HAL companies sign agreement on production of SJ-100 aircraft

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HAL and UAC Plot Indian Production of All-Russian SJ-100 | AIN

Partners would bypass Western sanctions on the 100-seat regional jet
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Central to the rebranded SJ-100R is deploying Aviadvigatel PD-8/TD engines in place of the Safran turbofans with which the original version achieved EASA type certification in 2012. The Thales avionics suite will also be replaced, along with Honeywell’s auxiliary power unit.

“We offer our Indian partners an aircraft independent of Western sanctions,” said Alexander Dolotovsky, deputy director general of UAC affiliate Yakovlev and head of the Superjet program. In 2022, EASA suspended the SJ-100’s European type certificate in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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This doesnt make any sense. Why do we want unproven russian equipment on a civilian aircraft?

We don't care about sanctions on civilian aircraft; that's your issue!

If anything, we should be licence producing EASA certified version with PowerJet SaM146. It means more reliable and we are plugging into western supply chain. We can even export these in the future.

The SaM146 engine core is basically french M88 which we will be licence producing soon. I would suggest buying out the Russian share in the PowerJet joint venture with the French. You can offer it as an option for aircraft like the Embraer E2.
 
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This is just a PR exercise for the Russians and HAL, both trying to prove something. The reality is that not a single aeroplane will be sold and any Indian Airlines CEO ordering the Russian/HAL junk will be promptly fired by the board and rightfully so!!
 
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