Yak-130 is a new generation advanced military aircraft trainer. Aermacchi in collaboration with the Yakovlev design Bureau and also the SOKOL Aircraft Building Plant of the Russian Federation were developing a Western derivative known as the YAK/Aem-130.
The Yak-130 is a two seat tandem intermediate and advanced jet trainer designed to fulfil the Russian Air Force UTS portion of the UTK system. The Yak-130 was designed to meet a Soviet/Russian demand for a new generation trainer supplanting the widely used L-29 and L-39 Albatros.
As the Yak-130 has to perform maneuvers typical of fourth- and fifth-generation fighters, Yak selected a moderately swept wing that created it possible to fly at angles of attack up to 35 deg. to boost takeoff and landing characteristics, the aircraft has been equipped with leading-edge slats and three-position Fowler flaps. All-moving tailplane and wing high-lift devices allow flight at massive angles of attack. excellent aerodynamic configuration is combined with a full-authority three- channel four-time redundant fly-by-wire system with a hazardous mode restriction facility.
The Yak-130 is powered by two RD-35 turbofans every 2,200 kgf which give better takeoff/landing characteristics on soil airfields compared to those of comparable aircraft, and have good fuel potency. additionally, high thrust-to-weight ratio provides for maneuvers at massive angles of attack with speeds never lower than a minimum permissible level. The engine is being developed below an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Slovakia.
