They lit up in the UAC video
Recently, the United Aircraft Corporation published a video about a visit to the production center of the Regional Aircraft branch of the Irkut Corporation by the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Mikhail Degtyarev. The footage from the final assembly shop showed not only two prototype SSJ-New flight models (No. 97001 and 97003) and an experimental SSJ100 No. 95157, on which PD-8 engines will be tested, but also five production SSJ-New aircraft, which are at different stages assemblies.
There are already five production SSJ-New aircraft at the assembly stage
Recall that in accordance with the program for the development of the aviation industry, adopted last year, the delivery of the first two serial SSJ-News was predicted at the end of 2023 and then starting from 2024, 20 aircraft annually. At the moment, contracts have been concluded for the supply of 42 SSJ-New aircraft by the end of 2025.
As for the test program, the first flightable SSJ-New with SaM146 engines should make its first flight in the summer. Also, flight tests of the experimental SSJ100 No. 95157 with PD-8 engines should begin in the summer, and the second SSJ-New (No. 97003) will probably be able to take off in the fall.
