Yakovlev Explained

Yakovlev Design Bureau
Former Names:OKB-115
Type:division
Fate:merged into United Aircraft Corporation
Founder:Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Location City:Moscow
Location Country:Russia
Products:civil and military aeroplanes
Parent:United Aircraft Corporation

The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau[1] [2] (Russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.[3]

Overview

The bureau formed in 1934 under aircraft designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev as OKB-115 (the design bureau has its own production base at the facility No.115), but dates its birth from 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the AIR-1 aircraft developed within the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev.

During World War II Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of fighter aircraft.

Irkut acquired Yakovlev in April 2004.[4] The Russian government merged the holding company with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi and Tupolev as a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation in February 2006.[5]

The firm designed the Pchela (Russian: Пчела, "bee") drone reconnaissance aircraft (first flown in 1990), but is perhaps best known for its highly successful line of World War II-era piston-engined fighter-aircraft.

In August 2023, Irkut Corporation rebranded itself as Yakovlev. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 was redesignated as the SJ-100, and the Irkut MC-21 also adopted the Yakovlev name.[6]

SanctionsThe company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.yak.ru/ENG/FIRM/today0.php A.S.Yakovlev Design Bureau - General Data
  2. http://www.uacrussia.ru/en/investors/ UAC - General information
  3. http://www.yak.ru/ENG/ Home page
  4. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html Irkut Corporation Completes Yakovlev Design Bureau Acquisition
  5. "Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." The New York Times. February 22, 2006.
  6. News: Kaminski-Morrow . David . Yakovlev name formally approved as Irkut's new corporate identity . Flight Global . 16 August 2023 . en.
  7. Web site: Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia . 23 August 2023.