Aircraft
Superjet Applies Power to Overcome U.S. Trade Restrictions
The Kremlin has committed $1.83 billion in funding support for the “Superjet-New.”
A current-iteration Superjet 100 performs aerial maneuvers during the flying display at the 2021 MAKS air show outside Moscow. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
A current-iteration Superjet 100 performs aerial maneuvers during the flying display at the 2021 MAKS air show outside Moscow. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Ten years after the Sukhoi Superjet 100 won type certification, the Kremlin is trying to breathe a new life into the program by spending Rouble 130 billion ($1.83 billion) on the development of a version with reduced foreign content called the Superjet-New. Half of the sum will go to the indigenous PD-8 turbofan, meant to replace the PowerJet SAM.146 now appearing on current production airplanes. 

Schedules call for the development of the SSJ-New to end in 2022. Both the airplane and engine would gain certification a year later and enter commercial service in 2024.