OREANDA-NEWS. August 28, 2009. A new combat-capable trainer Yak-130 which was produced for the foreign customer by the Irkutsk aircraft plant – a branch of Irkut Corporation, performed its maiden flight.

Verification of the aircraft performance characteristics at different heights and speeds, maneuverability, control stability, all systems and power plant functioning took place during the 40 minute flight.

Test pilots Roman Taskaev and Sergey Mihayluk highly appreciated the aircraft and said that “during the flight all systems worked in a regular mode”.

Yak-130 was created using digital technologies at every stage of designing and manufactures preparation that allowed reducing laboriousness, lower duration of the production cycle, increase product’s quality and set up a basis for the mass serial production of the new aircraft.

New combat-capable trainer Yak-130 is developed by Yakovlev Design Bureau that makes part of Irkut Corporation.

Yak-130 is selected as a base aircraft for lead-in and advanced training of the Russian AF pilots.

Aircraft is intended for flight and combat training as well as for combat employment in any weather conditions against aerial and ground targets. Total combat load for the 9 suspension points can reach 3,000 kg.

Yak-130’s advanced aerodynamics, new-gen avionics, state-of-the-art onboard systems and mighty power plant ensure the following:

- high efficiency training and combat performance;
- top level flight safety;
- low cost flight hour and service life.

Yak-130 subsonic flight performance and maneuverability characteristics approach those of modern supersonic fighters.   

Yak-130 is the key component of Russia’s AF training suite that also includes integrated system of objective monitoring, computer-based training classes, full-mission and part-task simulators. The Irkut Corporation concluded the contract with Algeria on delivery of Yak-130 and carrying out its contractual obligations. Pre-contract negotiations are carried on for the delivery of Yak-130 to a number of countries.