Russian engineers plan to begin developing a new generation of civil aircraft after 2028–2029. The project will rely on new technological structures to create machines that surpass existing models in terms of characteristics, said Andrey Dutov, General Director of the National Research Center "Zhukovsky Institute", Doctor of Technical Sciences.
According to him, domestic technologies should have a qualitative advantage, but not for its own sake, but specifically for solving national problems.
And we are already doing this. New domestic technologies are being introduced into the import-substituted MC-21 and SJ-100. These are, in fact, completely new aircraft. But you need to understand: there is no point in focusing only on traditional concepts and solutions in aircraft construction. Their perfection has reached its limits. Technological leadership is achievable only within the framework of new technological structures.
Dutov clarified that aircraft manufacturers are focusing on the development of new generation N+1 technologies using synergistic effects.
It is this approach that will allow us to begin developing a new generation of civil aviation equipment after 2028-2029 that meets the future requirements and national interests of Russia. Our task is to reach a fundamentally new stage in the technological development of aircraft construction.
Meanwhile, the South Ural State University has developed the first refined method in Russia for calculating the strength of a composite dovetail joint. The technology will reduce the weight of the PD-35 aircraft engine by tens of percent.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that ODK accelerated the welding of parts for PD-8 and PD-14 engines by 10 times.
