Aircraft
Yak-130 Sales Mount as Russia Orders More
The advanced trainer has also been exported to Algeria, Bangladesh and Belarus, and Syria remains a possibility.
A Yak-130 advanced combat trainer in Russian air force markings. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
A Yak-130 advanced combat trainer in Russian air force markings. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

The Russian defense ministry has awarded Irkut Corporation a follow-on order for 30 Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced combat trainers, for delivery by 2018. The move brings the grand total of such aircraft ordered so far by Russia to 109. The company, which is a subsidiary of the UAC group, holds orders for a further 40 from three export customers.  


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