Aircraft
New appointment at RSK MiG could doom Tu-334 RJ project
Appointing a Sukhoi man to the top position at RSK MiG is becoming a tradition.

Appointing a Sukhoi man to the top position at RSK MiG is becoming a tradition. On November 4 the Russian government named Valery Toryanin, deputy general director at Sukhoi, as RSK MiG general director and general designer. Toryanin, 53, is a graduate of the Moscow Aviation Institute and joined Sukhoi after a 20-year military career in various agencies involved with military exports. Toryanin replaced Nikolai Nikitin, who was chief designer on the Su-35 fighter program before taking the top spot at MiG in February 1999.

Observers assume that the new appointment is intended to speed up further integration of the Russian aviation industry through several powerful mergers. But it could cause cancellation or slowdown of the Tupolev Tu-334 regional jet effort led by RSK MiG in favor of its rival Sukhoi-led Russian Regional Jet.

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