Yakovlev
Russian aerospace company
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The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau[1][2] (/ˈjækoʊˌlɛf/; Russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.[3] It is a subsidiary of Yakovlev Corporation.
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| Formerly | OKB-115 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | |
| Founded | 15 January 1934 |
| Founder | Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev |
| Fate | merged into United Aircraft Corporation |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Products | civil and military aeroplanes |
| Parent | Yakovlev Corporation |
| Website | eng |
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[citation needed] the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev.
During World War II Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of fighter aircraft.
Irkut acquired Yakovlev in April 2004.[4] The Russian government merged the holding company with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi and Tupolev as a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation in February 2006.[5]
The firm designed the Pchela (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. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 was redesignated as the SJ-100, and the Irkut MC-21 also adopted the Yakovlev name.[6]
- Sanctions
The company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.[7]
