TheJSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau[1][2] (Russian:ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is aRussian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefixYak). Its head office is inAeroport District,Northern Administrative Okrug,Moscow.[3] It is a subsidiary ofYakovlev Corporation.
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| Formerly | OKB-115 |
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| Company type | division |
| Industry | |
| Founded | 15 January 1934; 91 years ago (1934-01-15) |
| Founder | Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev |
| Fate | merged intoUnited Aircraft Corporation |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Products | civil and military aeroplanes |
| Parent | Yakovlev Corporation |
| Website | www |
Overview
The bureau formed in 1934 under aircraft designerAlexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev asOKB-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 theAIR-1 aircraft developed within[citation needed] the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev.
DuringWorld War II Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line offighter aircraft.
Irkut acquired Yakovlev in April 2004.[4] The Russian government merged the holding company withMikoyan,Ilyushin, Irkut,Sukhoi andTupolev as a new company namedUnited Aircraft Building Corporation in February 2006.[5]
The firm designed thePchela (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. TheSukhoi Superjet 100 was redesignated as the SJ-100, and theIrkut MC-21 also adopted the Yakovlev name.[6]
- Sanctions
The company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.[7]
See also
References
- ^A.S.Yakovlev Design Bureau - General Data
- ^UAC - General information
- ^Home page. Yakovlev. Retrieved on 30 August 2011. "125315 Russia, Moscow, Leningradskiy prospect, 68"Address in Russian: "125315 Россия, Москва, Ленинградский проспект, 68"
- ^Irkut Corporation Completes Yakovlev Design Bureau AcquisitionArchived 2020-11-27 at theWayback Machine. defense-aerospace.com, April 22, 2004.
- ^"Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger."The New York Times. February 22, 2006.
- ^Kaminski-Morrow, David (16 August 2023)."Yakovlev name formally approved as Irkut's new corporate identity".Flight Global.
- ^"Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia". 23 August 2023.
- A book by A.T.Stepanets.Yak Fighters in WWIIISBN 5-217-01192-0 (in Russian)
- Степанец А.Т.- Истребители "Як" периода Великой Отечественной войны. Справочник. - М.: Машиностроение, 1992. - 224 с.: ил:
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