Yakovlev Yak-44

The Yakovlev Yak-44 is a 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. In the 2010s, Russia and India restarted development of the Yak-44 for their respective carrier air wings.