Saturn to supply engines for Sukhoi SuperJet 100 planes

TOGLIATTI, May 12 (Itar-Tass) --The Saturn research and production
association will supply SaM146 engines for Sukhoi SuperJet 100 planes in
necessary amounts, Saturn Managing Director Ilya Fyodorov said.
"We re monitoring the situation and will supply as many engines as the
aircraft makers need," Fyodorov said at a congress of the Union of Russian
Machine Builders in Togliatti on Wednesday, May 11.
"There are no problems with their production. The first plane with
our engines is already in service and operates well," he added.
Saturn makes three Sam146 engines a month and will make five from
2012. Currently, 33 engines for SuperJet 100 planes are in the works.
Saturn has recently presented a new information system for
SuperJet-100 engines.
The project is being implemented in cooperation with the company
Luxoft, one of the biggest IT developers in the world. It took two years
to create the system.
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