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Sino-Russian CR929 Takes Shape

CR929 partners UAC and Comac have set a first flight target of 2025 amid questions about engine availability.

Composites will be a major feature of the Sino-Russian CR929, including for engine fan blades.

By Vladimir Karnozov

February 13, 2022

With parts manufacturing launched last summer, the Sino-Russian CR929 widebody twin has begun the long journey toward certification. Managed by the China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation (CRAIC), the project calls for final assembly to take place in Shanghai. But much has changed since the company’s founding in May 2017 as a 50/50 joint venture between China’s Comac and Russia’s UAC. The Covid 19 pandemic, a chill in relations between the East and West, and design complexities all have conspired to force a delay to the original schedule.

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