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Irkutsk Aviation Plant
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Irkutsk Aviation Plant (Russian: Иркутский авиационный завод) is a company based in Irkutsk, Russia and established in 1932. It is a branch of Irkut Corporation, itself part of United Aircraft Corporation. As of 2014, 2,500 people work in the plant.[1]
The Irkutsk Aviation Production Association, one of the oldest defense enterprises of the Transbaykal region, builds the Su-27 Flanker trainer. Since becoming a joint-stock firm it has aggressively sought to expand its civil and consumer product lines while maintaining some aircraft production.[2]
Since its establishment in 1932, the plant has produced over 7,000 aircraft, including the Su-30 and Yak-130. It is also involved in the production of the MC-21 airliner.[1]
Products
[edit]In different years the plant has produced:
- Fighter I-14 — 1935-1937
- High-speed bomber SB — 1936-1940
- Pe-2 dive bomber — 1941-1943
- Long-range fighter Pe-3 — 1942-1943
- IL-4 long-range bomber — 1942-1944
- Long-range bomber IL-6 — 1943
- Long-range bomber Yer-2 — 1944-1946
- Yak-28 in front of the IAZA building
- Front-line bomber Tu-2 — 1947-1950
- Tu-14 torpedo bomber — 1948-1953
- Front-line bomber IL-28 — 1953-1953
- AN-12 transport aircraft — 1956-1962
- Yak-28 bomber — 1960-1971
- AN-24 transport aircraft — 1967-1971
- MiG-23UB combat training aircraft — 1970-1985
- MiG-27 fighter-bomber — 1977-1983
- Su-27UBK combat training aircraft — 1986
- Su-30K interceptor fighter — 1992
- Amphibious aircraft Be-200 — 1992-2011 (production of the aircraft was transferred to the TANTK named after Berieva)
- Multi-purpose combat aircraft Su-30MK — since 1997
- Multi-purpose combat aircraft Su-30KN — since 1998
- Yak-130 combat training aircraft — since 2008
- Multifunctional supermaneuverable fighter SU-30SM — since 2012
- Passenger aircraft MC-21 — since 2014 (the first flight took place on May 28, 2017)
- Training aircraft Yak-152 (the first flight took place on September 29, 2016)
The plant's products are supplied to 37 countries of the world: Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, China, Afghanistan, Egypt and others.
Directors
[edit]- 1932 - Lyushinsky Alexander Danilovich
- 1932-1935 - Iryanov Vladimir Grigoryevich
- 1935-1936 - Makar Yevsey Grigorievich
- 1936-1937 - Gorelits Abram Grigorievich
- 1938-1940 - Levin Israel Solomonovich
- 1940-1942 - Iosilovich Isaac Borisovich
- 1942-1946 - Abramov Viktor Ivanovich
- 1946-1947 - Petrov Kirill Alexandrovich
- 1948-1952 - Semenov Mikhail Pavlovich
- 1953-1960 - Ivanchenko Sergey Kuzmich
- 1960-1968 - Khlopotunov Anatoly Sergeevich
- 1968-1979 - Maksimovsky Viktor Afanasievich
- 1980-1993 - Gorbunov Gennady Nikolaevich
- 1993-1997 - Fedorov Alexey Innokentievich
- 1997-2008 Kovalkov Vladimir Vasilyevich
- from 2008 - Veprev Alexander Alekseevich
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stepanov, Slava (6 November 2014). "Russian Megafactories: The Sukhoi Su-30, 70 kilometers length of wires". Russia Beyond The Headlines. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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