"Fortunately, manuscripts do not burn": "Yakovlev" is developing a vertical take-off and landing aircraft

Vasily Prutkovsky called the work on VTOL aircraft relevant

PAO "Yakovlev" is working on a new vertical take-off and landing aircraft. This information was confirmed by the managing director of the enterprise, Vasily Prutkovsky.

Everything related to unmanned aerial vehicles is, of course, relevant. Everything related to vertical take-off and landing aircraft is also relevant. Fortunately, manuscripts do not burn, so the developments remained in the design bureau.
Vasily Prutkovsky, Managing Director of Yakovlev

Rostec stated that Yakovlev participated in the creation of the American VTOL aircraft — the F-35B Lightning II fighter.

The state corporation noted that the designers preserved and developed their own competencies in this area, but there is no specific information about them yet.

Against this background, individual engineers are offering their ideas. For example, in Novosibirsk, a method for converting light serial aircraft into a hybrid vertical take-off and landing aircraft was developed.

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