Russia06 May, 20262 min read
Rosaviatsia Certifies Updated Tupolev Tu-214 With Locally Produced Systems, Opening Serial Production
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Rosaviatsia certified updated Tu-214, accelerating production. The update advances Russia's import-substitution drive under sanctions.
Tu-214 approval
Russia’s aviation regulator Rosaviatsia has certified an updated version of the Tupolev Tu-214 equipped with locally produced systems and components, a step tied to the import-substitution strategy imposed by Western sanctions since 2022. On December 27, 2025, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced the receipt of a major modification certificate for the Tu-214 from Rosaviatsia.
“On December 27, 2025, the public aircraft manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced the receipt of a major modification certificate for the Tu-214 from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia).”
The aircraft now incorporates domestically produced avionics and onboard systems intended to replace equipment formerly supplied by Western manufacturers, and UAC says the approval opens the way to serial production. The plan described in the sources is to assemble eight Tu-214 in 2026, twelve in 2027, and about twenty per year starting in 2028, while the Tu-214 test aircraft completed its first flight in November 2024 and began a further test campaign in early 2025.
Replacing foreign systems
The certification is also presented as a concrete replacement of foreign-origin equipment, with Interfax cited as saying no fewer than 17 systems designed abroad have been replaced. Among the replaced components are the weather radar and the collision-avoidance system previously supplied by Honeywell, and Anton Alikhanov says Russian engineers developed a “next-generation avionics suite.” In the same account, Alikhanov argues that the new national systems for in-flight collision avoidance and ground proximity warning have overcome a global monopoly held by “Only one company” until now.
A separate report adds that Rosaviatsia certified a national equivalent of the ACAS collision-avoidance system and says the systems will be installed not only on the Tu-214 but also on the Yakovlev MC-21-310 and SJ-100, as well as the Ilyushin Il-114-300. The Tu-214 is described as able to accommodate up to 210 passengers, and Dmitri Yadrov is quoted saying the “fully Russian-made” approval is the culmination of the industry’s “systematic and persistent” work.
Broader consequences
Beyond the Tu-214 itself, the sources frame the approval as a lever for wider civil aviation import substitution and for delivery to Russian carriers. Rosaviatsia chief Dmitri Yadrov says the certified systems will be installed across multiple aircraft types, while UAC chief Vadim Badekha calls the Tu-214 approval “the first in a range of domestically substituted civil aircraft.” The plan is also linked to industrial capacity, with the Kazan aircraft plant undergoing modernization to increase its production capacity, and the sources say certification testing is progressing with the MC-21 and SJ-100.
“‘We fully substituted the aircraft in less than five years,’ Alikhanov said.”
In parallel, another report quotes Anton Alikhanov telling Sputnik that Russia’s aviation industry completed import substitution of aircraft in less than five years, adding that “We fully substituted the aircraft in less than five years.” Taken together, the sources portray the Tu-214 certification as both a near-term production ramp—up to 20 per year by the end of 2027—and a longer-running effort to extend national avionics and safety systems across Russia’s civil aircraft lineup.