Rostec plans to begin mass production of the SSJ-100 aircraft with the Russian PD-8 engine in early 2026. This was announced by the head of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov on the sidelines of the RSPP congress.
According to Chemezov, the production facilities will allow producing about 20 aircraft per year.
Earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Trade updated production plans until 2026 for the production of aircraft engines for SSJ-100, MC-21 and Tu-214 aircraft. And certification flights of the fully import-substituted MC-21 with domestic PD-14 engines are scheduled for late June - early July 2025.