OREANDA-NEWS. June 11, 2010. JSC IRKUT Corporation is one of the leading Russian aircraft manufacturers will take part in the Russian national exhibition to be held on June 11-15 this year in the palace "Grand Palais" in Paris.

The exhibition demonstrates the achievements of the Corporation, as well as past, present and future co-operation with French companies.

On the IRKUT stand will be the information page about the history of the famous squadron "Normandy-Neman". French pilots of that squadron fought with the fascist aces on Yak-1 and Yak-3 aircraft.

In recent years, IRKUT Corporation in collaboration with leading French companies carried out a number of successful projects.

Thales and Sagem companies deliver IRKUT Corporation elements of avionics for military aircraft such as Su-30MK, which is in popular demand on the world market. 

IRKUT Corporation in framework of the international industrial cooperation delivers components for the Airbus family of passenger aircraft A320.  IRKUT Corporation has become the first Russian official supplier to Airbus.

The further expansion of cooperation links with the creation of a new passenger aircraft MC-21, which is due to come on line in 2016. MC-21 - the main perspective project of Russian civil aviation industry.  

French companies of Zodiac Aerospace group, as well as Goodrich AS company won tenders for the electricity supply, fuel system supply and some other systems for MC-21. The program MС-21 is planned to organize a joint venture to manufacture interior components of the new aircraft. 

President of JSC IRKUT Corporation Oleg Demchenko admits that the further development of cooperation with French companies will facilitate the implementation of new Russian aviation projects, as well as strength cooperation in the sphere of advanced technologies.