Yakovlev
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Formerly | OKB-115 |
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Type | Division |
| Industry |
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| Founded | 15 January 1934 (1934-01-15) |
| Founder | Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev |
| Headquarters | Moscow , Russia |
| Products | Military aircraft |
| Parent | Irkut (UAC) |
| Website | www.yak.ru/ENG/ |
The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau[1][2] (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]
Contents
1 Overview
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Overview
The bureau was formed in 1934 under designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev as OKB-115 (the design bureau has its own production base at the facility №115), but the birthday is considered on 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the AIR-1 aircraft developed within 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.
Yakovlev was acquired by Irkut 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 is the designer of the Pchela (Russian: Пчела, "bee") drone reconnaissance aircraft and is perhaps best known for its highly successful line of World War II-era piston-engined fighter aircraft.
The name Yakovlev is used commonly in the West, but in Russia it is always abbreviated as Yak (Russian: Як, meaning the Yak animal) as a part of an aircraft name. The German transliteration, often used by the Russians, Poles, and others as well, is Jak.
See also
- List of Yakovlev aircraft
- List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
- SOKOL Aircraft Building Plant
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 Acquisition. defense-aerospace.com, April 22, 2004.
^ "Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." The New York Times. February 22, 2006.
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