AI-222 engine is designed to power modern trainers and light combat aircraft of Yak/AEM-130, L-159 type and others. These engines featuring long service life and low operating cost ensure the utmost safety of flight and high combat effectiveness. Modular design of the engines gives the opportunity of quick line replacement of modules with completed service life or damaged in combat.
Engines can be furnished with vectored-thrust nozzles and at customer’s request a new afterburner version can be built.
FADEC-type automatic control system permits to realize all potentialities of the engine, perform full testing and diagnostics.
Principal merits:
- optimum performance, which permit efficiently perform both training flights and wide range of combat missions;
- low levels of noise, emission and infra-red radiation;
- long service life and low operation cost.