AeroComposit, a subsidiary of Russia\u2019s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), has commenced work on the airframe for the CR929, the Chinese-Russian airliner. Reportedly, the company has just begun producing the wing for the wide-body jet.<\/p>\n
The news was revealed on November 19, 2021, at Composites without borders, an online forum for Russian composite materials manufacturers, Media73.ru reports. <\/p>\n
In a post on the forum, deputy general director of Irkut, Anatoly Gaydansky, wrote: \u201cThe production lines of the AeroComposit factory in Ulyanovsk are busy almost to 100%. The factory is working on two main projects. One of them is manufacturing the wings and the central box of the MC-21. [\u2026] The second one \u2013 manufacturing wings for the Russian-Chinese CR929.\u201d <\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cWe are working on the prototypes [of the CR929] and developing the manufacturing processes.\u201d <\/p>\n
In September 2021, production of the prototype officially began at COMAC\u2019s factory in Linang, although it was not announced what part of the airliner would be manufactured at the site.<\/p>\n
The CR929 was conceived as a Chinese-Russian co-production from the onset. Russia\u2019s biggest contribution will be composite parts that make up most of the airframe, including the wings and the fuselage.<\/p>\n
AeroComposit owns the main composite material production facilities in Russia. The company manufactures composite wings of the MC-21 airliner, as well as some parts for the SSJ New, an updated version of the SSJ100 regional jet.<\/p>\n
The CR929 will be a long-range wide-body airliner designed to compete with Boeing and Airbus wide-body jets, primarily the787 Dreamliner and the A330neo. <\/p>\n
The aircraft will be produced by CRAIC, a joint venture of China\u2019s COMAC and Russia\u2019s UAC.<\/p>\n
The project was launched in 2014, but was slowed down by numerous difficulties. For most of 2020, COMAC and UAC were locked in a bitter confrontation over the sales rights of the aircraft, which caused delays and pushed back the jet\u2019s first delivery dates to 2028-2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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