However, it was reported that as much as $500 million had been spent in as early as 1996. By then, the Russian Air Force had ordered 10 Yak-130s, and the total cost of research and development, which included the construction and testing of the four pre-production aircraft, had amounted to some $200 million, 84% of which was financed by Yakovlev and the rest by the Russian government. On 10 April 2002, it was announced that Yak-130 had been chosen as the winner of the tender for trainer aircraft for basic and advanced pilot training, beating the MiG-AT. The Yak-130, however, was said to be superior as it could serve the dual role of a trainer and combat jet.
In March 2002, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Mikhailov said that the Yak-130 and the MiG-AT had been chosen as the Russian Air Force's new trainers. Aermacchi would be able to sell to NATO countries, among others. Yakovlev would be able to sell the aircraft to countries such those in the Commonwealth of Independent States, India, Slovakia and Algeria. The Italian version was named M-346 Yakovlev received US$77 million for technical documents of the aircraft. In 2000, differences in priorities between the two firms had brought about an end to the partnership, with each developing the aircraft independently. The aircraft made its first flight on 25 April 1996 from Zhukovsky Airport at the hands of Yakovlev chief test pilot Andrey Sinitsyn. The first prototype, dubbed Yak-130D, was built by Sokol at Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, and was publicly unveiled in June 1995. After having entered discussions in 1992, in 1993 it agreed with the Italian company Aermacchi to jointly develop the plane, which now became Yak/AEM-130 Aermacchi would be responsible for the project's financial and technical support. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, Yakovlev was compelled to look for a foreign partner. ĭevelopment of Yak-UTS started in 1991 and the design was completed in September 1993. The air forces of the newly independent Russia estimated that its requirement would be about 1,000 aircraft. In 1991, the other proposals were dropped and only the MiG-AT and Yak-UTS remained. Among them were the Sukhoi S-54, Myasishchev M-200, Mikoyan MiG-AT, and Yakovlev Yak-UTS.
Five design bureaus put forward proposals. In the early 1990s, the Soviet government asked the industry to develop a new aircraft to replace the Czech-made Aero L-29 Delfín and Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainers. It can also perform light-attack and reconnaissance duties, carrying a combat load of 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). As an advanced training aircraft, the Yak-130 is able to replicate the characteristics of several 4+ generation fighters as well as the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57. In 2002, it won a Russian government tender for training aircraft and in 2010 the aircraft entered service with the Russian Air Force. Development of the aircraft began in 1991 and the maiden flight was conducted on 25 April 1996. It has also been marketed as a potential light attack aircraft. The Yakovlev Yak-130 ( NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130".
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