Yak-130: News

The flights of Yak-130 jets will be resumed in July

The flights of Yak-130 operational trainers will be resumed in July 2014. We remind you that Yak-130 fleet was grounded after a crash occurred on April 15th 2014 near Akhtubinsk, Lenta.ru reports with reference to Russian Ministry of Defense.

In addition, the ministry confirmed the plans for creation of the Yak-130 aerobatic team called “Krilya Tavridi” (The Wings of Tavrida). The team will comprise four jets and later two more aircraft will join it. The establishment of the team was started in November 2013. At present Russian air forces comprise four aerobatic teams: Russian Knights (Kubinka, operates Su-27 fighters), Strizhi (Kubinka, operates MiG-29 fighters), Sokoli Rossiyi (stand for Falcons of Russia, Lipetsk, operates Su-27 jets) and Torzhok-based helicopter aerobatic team Berkuti.

The crash of Yak-130 near Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Region) occurred due to control system failure. The crew comprising two pilots has managed to eject, but one of the pilots died.

Yak-130 is the two-seat next-generation operational trainer developed by Yakovlev design bureau. It is intended for pilot training and combat missions performed under normal and severe weather conditions. The jet is capable of destroying ground and air targets. The jet’s aircraft performance coupled with the capabilities of its control system make it suitable for training of future pilots of “4+”-generation and fifth-generation fighters.

The upgraded Yak-130 aircraft will start performing flights this week

Yak-130 operational trainer will perform a test flight in Moscow Region in order to test the upgraded control system, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Deputy CEO of Yakovlev design bureau on flight testing, Hero of Russia, Roman Taskaev.

Yak-130 fleet was grounded after a crash occurred on April 15th 2014 near Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Region). Both pilots have managed to eject, but one of the pilots died. The crash occurred due to control system failure.

"We have taken delivery of the upgraded control system and its installation is in progress. We will check the compatibility of all the aircraft systems and the flights will be started next week", - Taskaev said earlier.

He added that after successful testing of the upgraded system carried out at Gromov Flight Research Institute the new electronic circuit will be installed on all the serial Yak-130 jets manufactured in Russia. The flights of Yak-130 fleet will be resumed once the jets are fitted with the upgraded control system, the design bureau’s chief pilot explained.

We remind you that Commander-in-Chief of the Russian air forces, Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev, said earlier that the flights of Yak-130 fleet will be resumed in July.

The development of Yak-130 operational trainer (NATO reporting name: Mitten) was started in early 1990s by Yakovlev design bureau. The jet performed its maiden flight in 1996; in 2002 it was selected as the primary trainer of the Russian air forces. Many of its systems have quadruple redundancy, which allows decreasing the failure probability.

The serial production of Yak-130 aircraft is being carried out by Irkutsk Aviation Plant. 48 jets have been delivered to Russian air forces so far; they are operated by the 209th Borisoglebsk airbase (Voronezh Region). A total of 65 vehicles of the type must be delivered to the customer under the existing contracts. Moreover, 16 Yak-130s were delivered to Algeria in 2011.

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Aviation Equipment Holding Company to deliver equipment for Yak-130 aircraft worth 500 million rubles
Russian Aviaton » Saturday August 23, 2014 12:21 MSK

In 2014 Aviation Equipment Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) will deliver state-of-the-art equipment worth 500 million rubles for Yak-130 operational trainers, the holding’s press-service reports.

"State-of-the-art ignition exciters, filters for fuel systems, contact and oxygen units for Yak-130 jet (the aircraft is manufactured in Irkutsk since 2011) will be delivered to a customer. The major manufacturers of components for the operational trainer are Aviation Equipment’s Ufa-based enterprises", - the company noted.

Under the contract between Aviation Equipment and Irkut Corporation signed in December 2013, six enterprises of the Holding Company are involved in production and deliveries of the equipment designed for Yak-130 jets. In particular, Ufa Research and Development Enterprise `Molniya` supplies FADEC systems for the jet’s engine and APU – ESU-222 and ERRD-14-130. This system was developed specially for the jet and it has no analogues. The Full Authority Digital Engine Control system (FADEC) manufactured by the company has the following capabilities: engine start, control of the engine in all operating modes, protection of the engine from critical parameters, control and monitoring of its systems, including vibration monitoring. The major advantage of ESU-222 is the integration of all the functions within one device. Earlier, a separate unit was required to perform each function.

Moreover, Molniya developed ignition exciters PVF-11-1 and PVF-11-3 especially for Yak-130’s engine and APU. These ignition exciters assure ignition of fuel-air mixture during engine start. Their weight is 20% lower as compared to analogues and their service life is 3-4 times longer thanks to usage of the latest technical solutions and materials.

Gidravlika Ufa Aggregate Enterprise supplies hydraulic fuel filters ZhKDE.061146.007 with a high degree of filtration – 5 micrometers. This high-pressure system differs from the older models with a degree of filtration of 12 micrometers, because it uses a new filter blockage indicator. Thanks to the new indicator the weight of the filter is lower by 500 g as compared to its analogues. Installation of two such systems allows decreasing the aircraft’s weight by 1 kg. In addition, the Ufa-based enterprise supplies flexible sleeves made of fluoroplastic designed for Yak-130. The sleeves are designed for connecting different units working under conditions of high vibrations. They will be used in the aileron actuation system (controls the angle of bank) as well as booster and main hydraulic systems, the company explained.

UAPO will supply solid state igniters SP-70 for Yak-130 designed for igniting the fuel-air mixture during engine start. The operational trainer will also be fitted with Ku-30E contact unit assuring electric contact in high-voltage networks of ignition systems and a shielded angle block UE-90E providing electric contact between a high-voltage cable and a head of the igniter.

Kotlas electromechanical plant (KEMZ) and Respirator Research and Development Enterprise supply oxygen cylinders and other equipment for the aircraft.

In addition, Aviation Equipment developed a three-phase transformer PTS-250S designed for provision of constant power supply; Yak-130 will be fitted with this component too. The production of PTS-250S was mover from Moscow to UAPO. In July 2014 UAPO manufactured the first 100 units of the type. The planned output for 2014 is 1150 PTS-250S units; the output should reach 1500 ones in 2015.

so initial order of 55 is almost completed