Most of the time when you have a crazy idea, you inevitably think, “Well, that’s just crazy,” and the concept goes no further. But if you’re air show pilot Jeff Boerboon, you turn your crazy ideas ...

Siberian aerospace research institute SibNIA has carried out the first test flight of a Yakovlev Yak-40 fitted with the UZGA VK-800 engine. The Novosibirsk-based institute says the flight is to ...

Flight-tests beckon for a Yakovlev Yak-40 which has been fitted with the VK-800 engine intended for the UZGA LMS-901 Baikal and LMS-192 Osvey. The Yak-40 testbed has been modified at the Siberian ...

Russian arms giant Rostec has revealed the mockup of a new engine to replace a less-powerful Ukrainian propulsion system in the Yak-130, as the combat trainer is being modernized to participate in ...

Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation (UWCA) has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine. The July 14 tests saw the engine mounted on the nose of a ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Yak-141 Freestyle may not technically count as a predecessor to the F-35, but the JSF does seem to have at least some Russian DNA floating around its engine design.

Summary and Key Points: The Yak-41 (Yak-141) was a Soviet attempt at creating a supersonic VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, developed in the 1980s but ultimately shelved after the Soviet ...