ODK engineers are working on adapting the new PD-8 engines to the Be-200 amphibian aircraft. This was announced by the corporation's CEO, Alexander Grachev.
We have completed the main volume of certification tests for the PD-8 with the import-substituted Superjet aircraft and are actively working on adapting the engine to the Be-200 aircraft.
Last autumn, the head of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, stated that the development of the Be-200 with PD-8 would begin in 2026. For almost six months, not a single frame of flight tests has leaked online.
The developer and manufacturer of the Be-200 is the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev (TANTK). At the end of 2025, the enterprise incurred a net loss of more than 5 billion rubles.
Exports collapsed by 78%, but the enterprise intends to continue its financial and economic activities.
Earlier on May 14, ODK reported on the completion of all PD-8 certification tests.