The presentation of the Ya-130M aircraft took place at the international military-technical forum "Army-2024", which was held from August 12 to 14, 2024 at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center. It should be noted right away that this is not just the modernization of the Yak-130 aircraft, but the transformation of a combat training aircraft into a full-fledged light combat aircraft. In the information field, this event was marked by a number of brief reports from federal news agencies. But the project, like the Yak-130 aircraft with its unique flight characteristics, deserves a more detailed review, which we decided to do.

After the announcement in February of this year of the postponement of the start of deliveries of new domestic long-range aircraft to 25-26 years, the information field raised many questions about the situation in the domestic aircraft industry, the reasons for the postponement and the industry's ability to technologically overcome the sanctions restrictions. Moreover, in the questions there was a lot of skepticism about the very possibility to start producing aircraft in a fully import-substituted form. Yes, the task is very complicated. Not everything works out the first time, and the deadlines, even taking into account the postponement, are very tight. And yet, despite the general disbelief in our own forces and developments, I remain in the camp of optimists. No one could have imagined that an army could overcome the Alps, but Suvorov did it.

Interview with Andrey Boginsky, General Director of PJSC Yakovlev - Deputy General Director of UAC for Civil Aviation.

On the eve of the New Year, Yuri Borisovich Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, spoke about the results of the outgoing year and plans for the future.

On September 21, 2023, the inauguration of the new training center of PJSC Yakovlev (part of UAC PJSC of Rostec State Corporation) took place at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. The new simulator center is managed by a specially created subsidiary of PJSC Yakovlev - RATA Aviation Training Center, whose tasks include training of aviation personnel for domestically produced aircraft. Now Skolkovo has a full-flight simulator and an emergency rescue training simulator for the SSJ-100 aircraft, which were previously located at the Gromov Research Institute in Zhukovsky. As the participants of the solemn event noted, with the opening of the site in "Skolkovo", the ATC's throughput capacity will increase significantly, as well as its transportation accessibility will improve. And this is not all the advantages. As you know, this building previously housed simulators of Boeing, which "solemnly" left the country. In addition to a large number of rooms for theoretical training, by its technical characteristics and infrastructure the building can accommodate four full-flight simulators. But PJSC Yakovlev's plans are not limited to this, and they are very ambitious.

On August 22, 2023, the Russian Government approved amendments to the Comprehensive Development Program for the Russian aviation industry until 2030. The essence of the changes is in the forecast growth rates of Civil Aviation transportation volumes, aircraft requirements, as well as approval of the schedule of aircraft production and delivery. If the first two parameters are calculation-theoretical and their realizability is influenced by many external (political and macroeconomic) factors, the plans for the production of domestic airplanes and helicopters should be as realistic as possible. However, they can also be affected by various factors, but not so much by external factors as by intra-industry - technological ones. Often airplane and helicopter manufacturers face various kinds of problems, both technological and production. It is also not uncommon for the shift of production plans to the right to be influenced by the readiness of allied companies producing systems and units. And the most complicated in this series is undoubtedly the engine.

So, on August 29, 2023, an event took place in Komsomolsk-on-Amur that marked the beginning of a new era of domestic aircraft construction – the first flight of the experimental SJ-100 aircraft, which is being developed by PJSC Yakovlev (part of the Rostec State Corporation UAC). And these are not just beautiful pathos words. Today's event is a very important and long–awaited stage, to which our country has been moving for many years. Despite the fact that there is a lot of talk about import substitution of aircraft systems and assemblies, I would call it not a simple re-configuration, but a rebirth. Yes, that's right – in fact, a new plane is being born today.

This year, Russian civil aviation celebrates its 100th anniversary. And aviation science is even older. As you know, its founders in Russia were such great Russian scientists as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Nikolay Zhukovsky. In my opinion, only a country that has a scientific school, developers, a testing base and the entire production cycle of aircraft and engine building can call itself an aviation power. And all this is in Russia. And now try to answer the question: how many other countries in the world meet these requirements? One, two, three? And our scientific institutes are at the foundation of all this: TsAGI, CIAM, VIAM, Gromov Flight Research Institute, etc. We will talk about how today Russian science is working on the creation of modern Russian civil aircraft SSJ-NEW and MS-21 in this material on the example of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute – TsAGI.