ILYUSHIN

AVIATSIONNYI KOMPLEKS IMENI S.V. ILYUSHINA OAO (Aviation Complex named for S.V. Ilyushin JSC)

Ilyushin OKB is named after Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin, who died 9 February 1977, aged 82. Bureau (OKB-240) was founded 1933; has been headed by Genrikh Novozhilov since 1970. About 60,000 aircraft of Ilyushin design have been built. Personnel in 2001 totalled about 3,500; by that time, activities were 90 per cent civil orientated.
Funding problems and bank collapses have affected Ilyushin and some of its suppliers, delaying the establishment of an Il-114 leasing arm and the acquisition of Western systems for the Il-96T, which was eventually abandoned. However, Bureau is jointly designing Il-214 twin-jet transport in collaboration with HAL of India. It is a partner, with Boeing and Sukhoi, in the RRJ regional jet programme announced in August 2001 and selected for production in 2003. Collaboration with Boeing began in 1997 and resulted in August 2001 opening of joint design training centre in Moscow to provide engineers, mainly from Ilyushin, for Boeing's design and technical research centres in Russian capital.

Additional Info

  • Address: Leningradsky Prospekt 45G, 125190 Moskva, Russia
Read 3646 times