Aircraft
SCAC Introduces ‘Electronic Passport’ for SSJ100
The Russian manufacturer expects the proprietary software package to ease maintenance burdens and re-marketing efforts.
Forty engineers monitor SSJ100 movements 24 hours a day at SCAC’s new Operational Situation Center in Moscow.
Forty engineers monitor SSJ100 movements 24 hours a day at SCAC’s new Operational Situation Center in Moscow.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) has approved plans to introduce a proprietary software package designed to store and process data for all components of the SSJ100 to assess aircraft flight readiness. Called the Aircraft Electronic Passport (AEP), the package is a reworked version of similar software introduced on indigenous aircraft by Russian lessor Ilyushin Finance Company (ILC). Initial plans call for implementing the new package on SSJ100s in operation with two airline customers. Should the program prove successful, the AEP would eventually appear on the entire SSJ100 fleet.