Russia’s Yakovlev Unveiled Yak-130M Aircraft For The First time At ARMY-2024

(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — At the International Military-Technical Forum “ARMY-2024” in Moscow, PJSC Yakovlev (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation) presented a promising development – the Yak-130M aircraft, designed on the basis of the combat training Yak-130.

The key purpose of the modernization is to expand combat capabilities of the aircraft in order to increase its competitiveness in the foreign market.

We expect that the modernized Yak-130M will arouse the interest, first of all, of our foreign partners who do not plan to purchase heavier and more expensive aircraft.

The ideas embodied in the upgraded machine will significantly expand armament payload compared to the basic Yak-130.

In particular, it will additionally include air- to-air missiles and high-precision air-to-ground aircraft weapons with satellite and laser guidance systems.

In fact, the aircraft will become a full-fledged light fighter, while maintaining training functions, said Vladimir Artyakov, Deputy General Director of Rostec State Corporation.

The development of design documentation for the manufacture of prototypes has already been completed as part of the R&D, commissioned by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

“We have already started assembling the prototype Yak-130M at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. In total, the plan is to build three prototypes. Part of technical solutions for the Yak-130M program are practiced on existing prototypes, including the aircraft presented at the forum “ARMY-2024”, said Andrey Boginskiy, the General Director of Yakovlev PJSC.

The Yak-130M aircraft is equipped with systems that significantly increase its capabilities: the 130R airborne radar unit; the SOLT-130K optical locator station; the President-S130 on-board defense suite, the KSS-130 on-board communications unit.

Modern equipment and armament will provide the use of Yak-130M aircraft for training and combat purposes around the clock and in adverse weather conditions. — DSA