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Russia's fighter jet maker wants to crank out 30% more warplanes while laying off 1,500 managers
United Aircraft Corporation, which oversees the companies that make the Sukhoi and Mikoyan fighter jets, wants to boost its productivity by 30% while laying off managers.HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty ImagesRussia's warplane contractor says it wants to hit 30% added production by 2030.Meanwhile, its CEO said he aims to cut 1,500 manager jobs in Moscow to improve financial performance.United Aircraft Corporation owns the firms making Russian jets s…
Russia is expanding the Kazan Air Plant, where strategic bombers are producing and modernizing, reporting to the Finnish television and radio company Yle, analysing the company's satellite images.
In 2025, tens of thousands of square meters of new production areas were erected on the territory of the Kazan Aircraft Plant.
Satellite images obtained by Yle reveal how Russia is heavily expanding one of its largest aircraft factories. It manufactures all of Russia's bombers.
Russia is trying to increase the production of combat aircraft in the medium and long term, but this process is slowed down by a number of factors, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to analysts, the Finnish publication Yle previously cited satellite images showing that Russia built or expanded at least five buildings at the Kazan Aviation Plant by 19,000 square meters between mid-2024 and…
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