Russian Air Force receives second batch of Yak-130 trainer jets

The Russian Air Force has taken delivery of a second batch of three Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer aircraft from Irkut.

The aircraft were delivered to the Air Force Training Centre, located in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Region, Russia, and will support Russia's pilot training programmes.

The delivery forms part of an undisclosed contract signed between the company and Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) in December 2011 for delivery of 55 Yak-130 jets by 2015.

An initial batch of six Yak-130 combat jets was received by the air force following an extensive flight testing programme in October 2012.

Developed by Yakovlev design bureau, the Yak-130 is a subsonic, twin engine advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed to provide basic and advanced training to pilots in flying fourth and fifth-generation fighter aircraft, such as Sukhoi T-50.

Russian Air Force Accepts First Yak-130

Russia’s Irkut aircraft-manufacturing plant delivered the first six Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainers to the Russian Air Force on Thursday, a spokesman for the Western Military District said.

“On October 4, the first batch of Yak-130 combat trainers fly from the Irkut plant to the Borisoglebsk airfield [Voronezh region] after an extensive flight testing program,” Col. Andrei Bobrun said.

The Irkut aircraft maker and the Russian Defense Ministry signed in December 2011 a contract for the delivery of 55 Yak-130 jets by 2015.

The Yak-130 is a highly maneuverable subsonic jet with an extended range of about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) and a maximum speed of 600 mp/h (1,060 km/h) in level flight. It can carry a combat payload of up to 6,600 pounds (3,000 kg), consisting of a variety of Russian and Western-developed weapons.

Irkut To Add Attack Capabilities To Yak-130 Trainer

Russia’s Irkut Corp. is working on improvements to its Yakovlev Yak-130 combat jet trainer that may turn it into a light attack aircraft.
The first stage of modernization includes the installation of an inflight refueling system and optronic pod, says Irkut Vice President Komstantin Popovich. This work should be completed in 2013, he adds.
In the next stage, designers plan to equip the aircraft with radar. Three options are being evaluated, says Popovich. The first is from Phazotron-NIIR. Earlier, Phazotron’s chief designer, Yury Guskov, told Aviation Week that his company had started developing a slot array antenna radar, dubbed FK-130, for this aircraft.
The other options are an onboard radar from Tikhomirov-NIIP or a radar pod from St. Petersburg’s Leninetz plant. According to Popovich, the radar designer and supplier is to be selected by the end of the year; development efforts are planned for 2013-14.
Popovich says the radar installation will provide the Yak-130 with target detection for air-to-ground missiles like the Kh-31 (AS-17 Krypton), Kh-38 and Kh-29 (AS-14 Kedge). “We understand now that the aircraft’s stability allows us to use such heavy missiles,” he says, adding that all these improvements are being made without the Russian air force’s request.
The aircraft can currently carry up to 3,000 kg (6,600 lb.) of combat payload including the short-range R-73 (AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missile with infrared seeker, KAB-500 guided bombs, free-falling bombs, unguided rockets or a pod with 23-mm GSh-23L twin-barreled cannon. The weapons can be fixed at nine external hardpoints: six underwing, two wingtips and one under the fuselage.

Yak-130 pilot training aircraft

Yak-130 is an advanced pilot training aircraft, able to replicate characteristics of Russian 4+ generation fighters, as well as the Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation fighter. Combat training suite on the Yak-130 includes simulated and real firing systems with air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, bomb dropping, gun firing and on-board self-protection systems.

Russia’s Yak-130 Joins Philippine Combat Trainer Tender

Russia has decided to join a tender on the delivery of six light fighter jets to the Philippines with its new Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer, state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
“We are taking part in the Philippine tender with the Yak-130 aircraft,” deputy general director of Rosoboronexport, Viktor Komardin, said at the Defense Services Asia-2012 arms show in Malaysia.
The tender for six aircraft to replace the retired U.S.-built Northrop F-5A Tiger fighters was announced last year. The results will be made public in two to three months, the Russian official said. Two rival designs, the Italian Alenia Aermacchi M-346 and South Korea's KAI TA-50, are also competing in the tender
The Philippines is a new market for Russian arms exporters. Manila used to order military equipment mainly from the United States.
“We regard this tender as an opportunity to expand our influence in the region and to demonstrate the capabilities of our military equipment,” Komardin said.
The Yak-130 is a highly maneuverable aircraft with an extended range of about 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) and a maximum speed of 1,060 km/h (600 m/h) in level flight. It can carry a combat payload of up to 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds), consisting of a variety of Russian and Western developed weapons.
The Yak-130 has been chosen as a basic aircraft for Russian Air Force pilot training. First deliveries started in 2009.

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South American air force chiefs have shown interest in Russia’s Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten trainer/light attack aircraft, the plane’s maker said on Thursday.
“We have conducted negotiations with the Air Force chiefs of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay,” Urkut Vice President for Marketing Vladimir Sautov said at the FIDAE-2012 International Air Show.
They showed interest not only in a two-seater but also one-seat version, he said, adding the latter could only be manufactured if there was a firm order from a large customer.

Irkut started exporting the planes in 2011. Foreign market capacity is estimated at 250 machines.
In December, Irkut and the Russian Defense Ministry signed a contract for the supply of 55 Yak-130 by 2015.

Bangladesh to buy Russian YAK 130 trainers

Dhaka is set to procure 10 fighter training planes from Moscow in keeping with its plan for collecting military weapons made by Russia in the next five years under a suppliers’ credit of $850 million, officials said on Thursday.

Russia’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer Irkut Corporation is likely to supply the fighter training planes named Yak-130 through Rosoboronexport, the sole Russian state intermediary agency for export and import of military and dual-purpose products, technologies and services.

A delegation led by the Rosoboronexport chief, Anatoly P Isaikin, arrived in Dhaka on Friday on a three-day visit. He was invited on Sunday by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to a meeting where negotiations made a substantial progress.

A team, lead by Major General Abdul Matin of the Armed Forces Division, earlier visited Moscow in December 2011 to initiate the proposed biggest-ever arms purchase deal between the two countries.

Irkut president Alexei Fyoforov told Russia’s official news agency ITAR-TASS News Agency on Tuesday that talks with Bangladesh were in initial stages.

‘Bangladesh has a big budget, what is more, a state loan might be used,’ he said, adding that the market capacity for Yak-130 aircraft might reach 2,500 planes by 2020.

‘We hope to get from 25 to 30 per cent of this market,’ he added.

The Yakovlev Yak-130 is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft or lead-in fighter trainer developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau.

Development of the plane which began in 1991 was put into service in the Russian Air Force in 2009.

As an advanced training aircraft, the Yak-130 is able to replicate the characteristics of several 4+ generation fighters as well as the fifth-generation Sukhoi T-50.

It can also perform light attack and reconnaissance duties, carrying a combat load of 3,000kg.

Bangladesh bought eight MiG-29s for about $124 million from Russia during the past tenure of the Awami League in government.

Bangladesh planned military equipment procurement from Russia to modernise its Armed Forces.

Dhaka also hopes to procure 44 new tanks and three armoured recovery vehicles from China and two helicopters for the army from France, they said.

The deals would cost less than $200 million.

Speaking at the Armed Forces Day celebrations in August 2011, Hasina said that her government would procure modern tanks, artillery, air defence missile systems, fighter aircraft and helicopters.

Russian YAK 130 trainers

 

 

Russia demonstrates its best combat aircraft at Dubai airshow

Russia will demonstrate its most advanced combat aircraft and air defense systems at a major airshow in the Middle East, which started on Sunday.
The Dubai Airshow will be held on November 13-17 in the United Arab Emirates. The Airport Expo complex in Dubai is expected to host about 1,000 exhibitors from 50 countries which will showcase their products to more than 55,000 guests and visitors.
Visitors at the show "will be presented advanced products of the Russian aerospace industry, such as the Su-35 and MiG-29M/MiG-29M2 multifunctional fighters, Yak-130 combat trainer, and Be-200 amphibious aircraft," Russian state arms seller Rosoboronexport said in a statement on Friday.
The Russian exhibit will also feature a variety of military helicopters, such as the famed Mi-171 transport helicopters, Ka-52 and Mi-28NE attack helicopters and the Mi-26T - the world's heaviest-lift helicopter.
Air defense equipment will be represented by the S-300VM, Tor-M2E and Buk-M2E air defense missile systems, Tunguska-M1 and Pantsir-S1 air defense gun/missile systems, Igla-S man-portable air defense system, radars, electronic warfare equipment, command, control and communication systems.
Russia has firmly established itself as the world's second largest arms exporter after the United States. Combat aircraft account for almost half of all foreign sales by Rosoboronexport.

Russian Air Force to receive 65 Yak-130 jet trainers by 2017

The Russian Defense Ministry will sign a contract with aircraft construction company Irkut on the delivery of 65 YakovlevYak-130 advanced jet trainers within the next two weeks, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force, Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, said on Tuesday.
The contract is expected to be fulfilled by 2017, he said, without elaborating on the contract price of the jets.
The Yak-130 Mitten jet trainer/light attack aircraft is a subsonic two-seat aircraft developed by the Yakovlev design bureau. The first planes were put into service with the Russian Air Force in 2009.
The Yak-130, with a maximum combat load of 3 tons, is able to replicate the characteristics of several 4+ generation fighters.
Russia has also signed contracts with Algeria and Libya on the delivery of Yak-130 jets, but the Libyan contract has been frozen over the unrest that broke out in the country in February.
The president of the Irkut corporation told journalists on Tuesday the six jets intended for Libya could be reequipped and supplied to the Russian Air Force or another foreign customer.
The Russian Defense Ministry also has plans to purchase 28 Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighters (a specialized version of the thrust-vectoring Su-30MKI Flanker-H for Russian military) from Irkut in 2012.
The first two Su-30SM fighters are expected to be supplied to the Russian Air Force as early as next year, he added.