Aircraft
Kremlin Boosts Effort toward ‘Indigenization’ of SSJ100
Funding injection part of 20-year program to reduce exposure to U.S. sanctions
An SSJ100 rolls out of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft factory in Komsomolsk upon Amur. (Photo: SCAC)
An SSJ100 rolls out of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft factory in Komsomolsk upon Amur. (Photo: SCAC)

The Kremlin has earmarked a further 3.2 billion roubles ($51 million) toward “indigenization” of the Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100, part of a 20-year research and development program for the country’s civil aviation sector meant to reduce the program’s exposure to tightening U.S. sanction regimes on rogue states.


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