Considering at least a full-scale mock-up if not prototype (shades of Checkmate) was presented at the Army-2021 exhibition, mods feel free to move this to Aerospace if that is felt to be more appropriate!
Looks like the Yak-152 (powered by the 500hp RED A03 V12 diesel) has some competition - I suspect the German heritage of the engine is considered as leaving the project vulnerable to sanctions. Enter UZGA (Ural Civil Aviation Plant, Yekaterinburg), hitherto specializing in licensed manufacture of various non-Russian airframes such as the Let L-410 and Diamond DA42 (the Evektor EV-55 and L-610 were to have been built there too).
It is the Diamond connection which seems relevant here, the UTS-800 with its majority-composite construction has many similarities to the DART-450 in size (PC-7 class) and configuration. Yet, the aircraft is clearly not a straight copy like the Chinese TA-20 (also produced by a local Diamond JV). The empennage has been cleaned up to a PC-21-like design, there is a framed windscreen, it has a fairly voluminous wing-body fairing and there are minor differences in the wing design.
If uncertainty over the Yak-152 engine is a concern, the powerplant question for the UTS-800 is also not fully answered - there currently is no off-the-shelf Russian turboprop in the eponymous 800shp class. As for the Kazan Ansat (currently powered by PW207s) or Ka-226T (Turbomeca Arrius) helicopters the Klimov VK-800 is proposed, but this project has been a long time coming and may now in fact have morphed into the VK-650. You also have to wonder about the implications for the Altius-M HALE UAV which relies on the RED A03 to get its class-leading endurance if the Yak-152 engine became unavailable to Russia.
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Looks like the Yak-152 (powered by the 500hp RED A03 V12 diesel) has some competition - I suspect the German heritage of the engine is considered as leaving the project vulnerable to sanctions. Enter UZGA (Ural Civil Aviation Plant, Yekaterinburg), hitherto specializing in licensed manufacture of various non-Russian airframes such as the Let L-410 and Diamond DA42 (the Evektor EV-55 and L-610 were to have been built there too).
It is the Diamond connection which seems relevant here, the UTS-800 with its majority-composite construction has many similarities to the DART-450 in size (PC-7 class) and configuration. Yet, the aircraft is clearly not a straight copy like the Chinese TA-20 (also produced by a local Diamond JV). The empennage has been cleaned up to a PC-21-like design, there is a framed windscreen, it has a fairly voluminous wing-body fairing and there are minor differences in the wing design.
If uncertainty over the Yak-152 engine is a concern, the powerplant question for the UTS-800 is also not fully answered - there currently is no off-the-shelf Russian turboprop in the eponymous 800shp class. As for the Kazan Ansat (currently powered by PW207s) or Ka-226T (Turbomeca Arrius) helicopters the Klimov VK-800 is proposed, but this project has been a long time coming and may now in fact have morphed into the VK-650. You also have to wonder about the implications for the Altius-M HALE UAV which relies on the RED A03 to get its class-leading endurance if the Yak-152 engine became unavailable to Russia.
УТС-800 – учебно-тренировочный комплекс первоначальной подготовки лётчиков » Авиация России
Традиционный курс подготовки лётного состава состоит из программы первоначальной лётной подготовки, основной или базовой программы и программы
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