Return of the Yak

All Russian-built civil aircraft will now be branded under the historic Yakovlev name, Sergey Chemezov, head of state-owned aerospace, engineering and defence conglomerate Rostec, has said. When asked whether a brand had been chosen for the entire line of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) civil aircraft in an interview with Russian news outlet RBK, Chemezov said: “We have it all under the Design Bureau named after A.S. Yakovlev…so Yakovlev.”Yakovlev Design Bureau was originally founded in 1934 by aircraft designer Alexander Sergeyevich