The
JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau () is a
Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in
Aeroport District,
Northern Administrative Okrug,
Moscow
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. It is a subsidiary of
Yakovlev Corporation.
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
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Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of
fighter aircraft
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.
Irkut acquired Yakovlev in April 2004. The Russian government merged the holding company with
Mikoyan
Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Begovoy District, Moscow.
Mikoyan was the successor to the Soviet Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau (Ми� ...
,
Ilyushin
The Open joint-stock company , public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin () or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Ilyushin , Sergey Vladimir ...
, Irkut,
Sukhoi
The JSC Sukhoi Company (, ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft.
Sukhoi was founded in the Soviet Union by Pavel Sukhoi ...
and
Tupolev
Tupolev ( rus, Туполев, , ˈtupəlʲɪf), officially United Aircraft Company Tupolev - Public Joint Stock Company, is a Russian aerospace and Arms industry, defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow.
UAC Tupolev is succes ...
as a new company named
United Aircraft Building Corporation in February 2006.
Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger
" ''The New York Times
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.'' February 22, 2006.
The firm designed the
''Pchela'' (, "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
The Yakovlev SJ-100 (until August 2023: Sukhoi Superjet 100 SJ100 ) is a regional jet originally designed by the now-merged Russian aircraft company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a division of the United Aircraft Corporation (now: "Regional Aircraft" ...
was redesignated as the SJ-100, and the
Irkut MC-21 also adopted the Yakovlev name.
; Sanctions
The company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.
See also
*
List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era. It also includes both native Soviet designs, Soviet-produced copies ...
*
List of Yakovlev aircraft
*
SOKOL Aircraft Building Plant
References
* A book by A.T.Stepanets. ''Yak Fighters in WWII'' (in Russian)
* Степанец А.Т.- Истребители "Як" периода Великой Отечественной войны. Справочник. - М.: Машиностроение, 1992. - 224 с.: ил:
External links
*
Yakovlev Aircraft of U.S.
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