Yakovlev
{{Short description|Russian aerospace company}}
{{About|the Russian aircraft manufacturer|people with the surname|Yakovlev (surname)}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Yakovlev Design Bureau
|former_names = OKB-115
|logo = Yakovlev_logo.png
|type = division
|foundation = {{start date and age|1934|01|15|df=y}}
|fate = merged into United Aircraft Corporation
|founder =Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
|location_city = Moscow
|location_country = Russia
|key_people =
|num_employees =
|industry = {{unbulleted list|aerospace|defense}}
|products = civil and military aeroplanes
|parent = Yakovlev Corporation
|revenue =
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.yak.ru/ENG/}}
}}
The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau[http://www.yak.ru/ENG/FIRM/today0.php A.S.Yakovlev Design Bureau - General Data][http://www.uacrussia.ru/en/investors/ UAC - General information] ({{langx|ru|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.[http://www.yak.ru/ENG/ Home page]. Yakovlev. Retrieved on 30 August 2011. "125315 Russia, Moscow, Leningradskiy prospect, 68" [http://www.yak.ru/ Address in Russian]: "125315 Россия, Москва, Ленинградский проспект, 68" 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{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} 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.[http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html Irkut Corporation Completes Yakovlev Design Bureau Acquisition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127204343/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html |date=2020-11-27 }}. defense-aerospace.com, April 22, 2004. 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."
[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22air.html?_r=1&oref=login Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger]." The New York Times. February 22, 2006.
The firm designed the Pchela ({{langx|ru|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.{{cite news |last1=Kaminski-Morrow |first1=David |title=Yakovlev name formally approved as Irkut's new corporate identity |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/yakovlev-name-formally-approved-as-irkuts-new-corporate-identity/154573.article |work=Flight Global |date=16 August 2023 |language=en}}
; Sanctions
The company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.{{cite web |title=Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng |date=23 August 2023}}
See also
{{Portal|Russia|Aviation}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- A book by A.T.Stepanets. Yak Fighters in WWII {{ISBN|5-217-01192-0}} (in Russian)
- Степанец А.Т.- Истребители "Як" периода Великой Отечественной войны. Справочник. - М.: Машиностроение, 1992. - 224 с.: ил:
External links
{{Commons category|Yakovlev}}
- {{Official|http://www.yak.ru}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050303215036/http://www.yak-54.com/ Yakovlev Aircraft of U.S.]
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