United Aircraft Corporation has completed the first prototype of the modernized Yak-130M trainer/light-attack aircraft and says the airframe is ready for ground and flight testing at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. It is fitted with an AESA radar and guided air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons; two more prototypes are under assembly.
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The Yak-130M prototype is ready to enter ground and flight testing and is equipped with an AESA radar plus guided air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons with satellite guidance, signaling a step-change in capability for a trainer/light-attack type and potential frontline use.
The programme advances UAC's production and test momentum — the prototype rollout and additional airframes under assembly build on recent UAC delivery and domestic production milestones, including ongoing Su-34 fighter-bomber deliveries and the MC-21-310 ground certification campaign.
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