Irkutsk Aviation Plant

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

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 Ep-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 - 1986 combat training aircraft
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

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

^ ^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.