Aircraft
Engine Delay, Sanctions Threaten Sino-Russian CR929 Program
Funding shortages in Russia have delayed the PD-35 engine by as many as three years while relations between UAC and Comac deteriorate.
A model of the CR929 graces the CRAIC display at the MAKS'21 air show in Moscow. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
A model of the CR929 graces the CRAIC display at the MAKS'21 air show in Moscow. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Funding shortages will delay by up to three years the development of the engine that Russian industry hopes will power the prospective Sino-Russian widebody known as the CRAIC CR929. That's according to Alexander Inozemtsev, the general designer of United Engine Corporation’s Aviadvigatel design house. Still, program leaders expect to assemble a fully functional demonstrator of the engine, designated as the PD-35, by 2024.


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