<p>The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is a modern, fly-by-wire regional jet in the 75- to 95-seat category. The Superjet 100 will be produced by Russian aerospace firm Sukhoi's civil division, of which Finmeccanica of Italy owns 25%. The jet is being developed in collaboration with Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica. The Italian design group Pininfarina will design optional interiors, and in 2007 Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi Holding formed SuperJet International, a joint venture (51% - Alenia Aeronautica, and 49% - Sukhoi Holding) based in Venice, responsible for marketing, sales and aircraft delivery in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Japan and Oceania as well as for worldwide logistic support for the Superjet 100.
</p><p>The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is designed to compete against the Embraer E-Jets and the Bombardier CRJ programs. Sukhoi claims the SSJ will have 10-15% lower operation costs than its Embraer or Bombardier counterparts for the price of $27.8 million.
</p><p>The three variants were originally called the RRJ-60, RRJ-75 and RRJ-95, with the numbers designating the average passenger capacity of each type. However, with the renaming of the project to Superjet 100, the RRJ-75 was relabelled the Superjet 100-75 (or SSJ 100-75 for short), while the RRJ-95 became known as the SSJ 100-95. The smallest variant, called the SSJ 100-60, was temporarily postponed, and efforts are currently concentrating on the largest variant, with the smaller SSJ 100-75 to follow later. Longer variants, called the SSJ 100-110 and the SSJ 100-125, are also planned as well as business, VIP and cargo variants.
</p><p>The PowerJet SaM146 engines are developed by PowerJet. The noise and emissions levels surpass the existing ICAO requirements.
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<ul><li>Strategic partner: Alenia Aeronautica</li>
<li>Risk-sharing partner: Snecma</li>
<li>Consultant: Boeing</li>
<li>Aircraft Main System Suppliers: Thales (avionics), Liebherr (landing gear), Messier Dowty (control systems), Intertechnique (Zodiac) (fuel system), B/E Aerospace (interior), Autronics (fire protection system), Honeywell (APU), IPECO (crew seats), Parker (hydraulic system), Hamilton Sundstrand (electrical system), Vibro-Meter (engine vibration sensor), Sully, BF Goodrich.</li>
<li>Engines: PowerJet (Snecma and NPO Saturn)</li></ul>
The design meets the specific requirements of airlines in Russia, the CIS, the USA, and EU countries, and conforms to the Aviation Rules AP-25, FAR-25, JAR-25 requirements, and to the ground noise level requirements under ICAO Chapter 4 and FAR 36 Section 4 standards entering into force during 2006.
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