OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2011. Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian Defence Minister, and Alexey Fedorov, President of JSC IRKUT Corporation, signed a contract on delivery of a batch of Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft. Under the contract, IRKUT Corporation will supply 55 Yak-130 aircraft to the Russian Air Force till 2015, reported the press-centre of UAC.

“As part of efforts to form a new image of the Russian armed forces, the Defence Ministry pays primary attention to equipping the army with state-of-the-art hardware and to enhancing its combat capability,” the Russian Defence Minister said. “The new Yak-130 aircraft will help improve pilots’ skills and to train them to be ready to fly new-generation combat aircraft to be mass purchased by the Defence Ministry.”

Alexey Fedorov underlined that signing the state contract on the Yak-130 is the event of great importance for the company. “I’m sure that we can provide timely delivery of high quality aircraft for the Russian Air Force”, - declared the head of IRKUT Corporation.