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
editIn 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.