Overview
- United Aircraft Corporation engineer Dmitry Popov confirmed a small-form nose radar, laser and thermal-TV targeting systems, and a containerized self-protection suite on the Yak-130M.
- Rosoboronexport head Alexander Mikheev said the first Yak-130M samples have been built, with one airframe on the Dubai Airshow static display.
- The exhibition aircraft is shown armed with KAB-250 guided bombs and short-range rockets, according to Rosoboronexport.
- Developers identified the installed suites as the BRLS-130R radar, SOLT-130K targeting system, President-S130 defensive complex, and KSS-130 communications.
- Rostec previously reported the first experimental Yak-130M from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant entered ground and flight testing after an initial prototype showing at Armiya-2024.