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Building the Sukhoi Superjet

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Image gallery featuring the final assembly shop at the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur facility. The most advanced technologies are used... 20.08.2013, Sputnik International

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Building the Sukhoi Superjet

10:55 GMT 20.08.2013

Image gallery featuring the final assembly shop at the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur facility. The most advanced technologies are used throughout the assembly of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet, the first aircraft in Russia designed using digital paperless technology.

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The Superjet was designed in partnership with Alenia of Italy. The aircraft is intended to replace Tu-134 and An-24/26 airliners on local routes.

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Workers in the aircraft’s lower forward fuselage. The airframe is the main component which is entirely Russian in origin.

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Instaling equipment on the fuselage interior. Much of the electrical system is provided by America’s Hamilton Sundstrand.

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Tightening bolts during final assembly. The SSJ100 meets all International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) current noise and emissions requirements.

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The aircraft’s PowerJet SaM146 turbofans were made specifically for it, in a joint project between Saturn of Russia and Snecma of France

© RIA Novosti . Alexander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankThe Sukhoi Superjet 100’s flight deck also uses cutting edge foreign technology, with the avionics and cockpit displays provided by France’s Thales, and US company Honeywell.

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The Sukhoi Superjet 100’s flight deck also uses cutting edge foreign technology, with the avionics and cockpit displays provided by France’s Thales, and US company Honeywell.

© RIA Novosti . Alexander KryazhevUnfortunately, like many new designs, the SSJ100 project has been troubled by some minor setbacks including snags with its air conditioning systems, and landing gear and slat problems.

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Unfortunately, like many new designs, the SSJ100 project has been troubled by some minor setbacks including snags with its air conditioning systems, and landing gear and slat problems.

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Most of the Superjet’s fuselage and wings are made of conventional aluminum alloys.

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The SSJ100’s landing gear was another component provided by a foreign supplier, Messier Dowty of Canada.

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The Sukhoi Superjet 100 faces fierce foreign competition from the likes of Bombardier’s C-Series, the Chinese Comac 919 and jets made by Brazil’s Embraer.