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The Yakovlev Yak-44 was a proposed twin turboprop Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft resembling the United States Navy's E-2 Hawkeye and intended for use with the Soviet Navy's Ulyanovsk class supercarriers. Along with the aircraft carrier it would have flown from the Yak-44 was cancelled after the demise of the Soviet Union. A full-scale mock-up with foldable wings was built.

The Yakovlev Yak-44 was a proposed twin turboprop Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft, resembling the United States Navy's E-2 Hawkeye, and intended for use with the Soviet Navy's Ulyanovsk class supercarriers.1

Made by Yakovlev.

Height Alt
7 m
Length Alt
20.39 m
Power Alt
thrust
Range Main
2
486 mi
Loaded Weight Main
88183.0
Max Speed Alt
740.0
Max Speed Main
460 mph
Status
Cancelled; mock-up only
Ceiling Main
42650.0
Type Of Prop
Turboprop
Crew
5
Span Main
84
Jet Or Prop
prop
Primary user
Soviet Navy
Span Alt
25.70 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Zaporozhye D-227
Manufacturer
Yakovlev
Loaded Weight Alt
40000.0
Power Main
13000.0
Number Of Props
2
Empty Weight Alt
17000.0
Length Main
66
Area Alt
49
Range Alt
4000.0
Similar Aircraft
* E-2 Hawkeye* C-2 Greyhound
Ceiling Alt
13
000 m
Category
AWACS aircraft
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union
Carrier-based aircraft
Yakovlev aircraft

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