Editing Yakovlev (section)

==Overview==
The bureau formed in 1934 under aircraft designer [[Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev]] as '''[[OKB]]-115''' (the design bureau has its own production base at the facility No.115), but dates its birth from 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the [[Yakovlev AIR-1|AIR-1]] aircraft developed within{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev.

During [[World War II]] Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of [[fighter aircraft]].

[[Irkut (aircraft manufacturer)|Irkut]] acquired Yakovlev in April 2004.<ref>[http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html Irkut Corporation Completes Yakovlev Design Bureau Acquisition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127204343/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html |date=2020-11-27 }}. defense-aerospace.com, April 22, 2004.</ref> The Russian government merged the holding company with [[Mikoyan]], [[Ilyushin]], Irkut, [[Sukhoi]] and [[Tupolev]] as a new company named [[United Aircraft Building Corporation]] in February 2006.<ref name="nyt_united_aircraft">"
[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22air.html?_r=1&oref=login Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger]." ''[[The New York Times]].'' February 22, 2006.
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The firm designed the [[Yakovlev Pchela|''Pchela'']] ({{langx|ru|Пчела}}, "bee") [[drone aircraft|drone reconnaissance aircraft]] (first flown in 1990), but is perhaps best known for its highly successful line of World War II-era piston-engined fighter-aircraft.

In August 2023, [[Irkut Corporation]] rebranded itself as Yakovlev. The [[Sukhoi Superjet 100]] was redesignated as the SJ-100, and the [[Irkut MC-21]] also adopted the Yakovlev name.<ref name="IrkutYakovlev">{{cite news |last1=Kaminski-Morrow |first1=David |title=Yakovlev name formally approved as Irkut's new corporate identity |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/yakovlev-name-formally-approved-as-irkuts-new-corporate-identity/154573.article |work=Flight Global |date=16 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

; Sanctions
The company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng |date=23 August 2023}}</ref>