Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB (, ''Zaporizhzhia Machine-Building Design Bureau "Progress" State Enterprise named after Academician O.H.Ivchenko''), formerly OKB-478 and Ivchenko Lotarev, is a state design bureau that creates drafts and plans for

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s in

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whose products are widely used in both civil and

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, most notably by Antonov,

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, Mil and

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. The design bureau works closely with Motor Sich, the turbine manufacturer located in

which produces those

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s. Polish manufacturer PZL-Mielec used the Progress ZMKB AI-25TL engine in the

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cropduster. Both the largest plane in the world, the Antonov An-225 Mriya and the largest helicopter, the Mil Mi-26, are powered by Progress/Lotarev engines. The bureau is administered by the Ukrainian Defense Industry and the Ministry of Industrial Policy.

History

The Company has been involved for 60 years in the design of engines to power aircraft and helicopters of various types, and also designs drives and special equipment for industrial applications. Three notable designers have led the development during this time: * 1945–1968: Oleksandr Heorhiiovych Ivchenko () (Oleksandr Georgijovych Ivchenko) * 1968–1989: Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Lotaryev () (Volodmyr Oleksijovych Lotarev) * 1989-2010: Fedir Mykhailovych Muravchenko () * 2010-: Ihor Fedorovych Kravchenko () Initially General Oleksandr Ivchenko designed piston engines. These engines were denoted AI. Work on their first turbine engine, the TS-12, began in 1953. Since the beginning of the 1960s the company have been developing bypass gas turbine engines. Under the direction of Volodymyr Lotarev, the organization developed the first operational Soviet high-bypass turbofans, the Lotarev D-36 in 1971. This organization is now known as Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB and is based in Ukraine. Their engines are being operated successfully by numerous airlines around the world, including Volga-Dnepr, Antonov Airlines, Enimex, and

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. In January 2015, Diamond Aircraft of Austria announced the first flight of the

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-JP7 powered by a 465 hp AI-450S turboprop engine developed by Ukraine's Motor Sich JSC and Ivchenko-Progress. However, Diamond ended up getting EASA certification on its DA50 RG model with a

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engine in September 2020, and FAA certification in July 2023. Turkish strategic drone Akinci is powered by these engines and flies up to 40,000 feet.

Production

True to the Soviet tradition, design is kept separate from production. Many of the bureau's designs were or are produced at Motor Sich, located at Zaporizhzhia International Airport.

Related real estates

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

* Sanatorium "Slavutych" in Andriivka (Mykhailivka rural municipality, Vilnyansk Raion) * Beach resort "Perl" near Prymorsk

Products

Turbofans

* Ivchenko AI-25 * Lotarev DV-2 * Progress AI-22 * Progress AI-222 *

Ivchenko-Progress AI-322 The Ivchenko-Progress AI-322 (, ) are a family of low-bypass turbofan engines developed from the AI-222 engine. Design and development The development of the engine continues at Ivchenko-Progress of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Ukraine is a co ...

* MS-400

High-bypass turbofans

* Lotarev / Progress D-18T * Lotarev D-36 * Progress D-436

Propfans

* Progress D-27 * Progress D-236

Turboprops

* Ivchenko AI-20 * Ivchenko AI-24 * Ivchenko-Progress AI-450S / S2 * MS-14 * MS-500

Turboshafts

Lotarev D-136 The Lotarev D-136 is a turboshaft engine from the Ivchenko-Progress, ZMKB Progress Design Bureau. The engine powers the Mil Mi-26 "Halo" helicopter. Development of the engine had begun in about 1972.. The D-136 first flew on a production Mi-26 ...

/ Ivchenko AI-136 * MS-500V

Turbojets

* Ivchenko AI-7 * PBS AI-PBS-350

Reciprocating engines

* Ivchenko AI-4 flat-four, powered the Kamov Ka-10 * Ivchenko AI-10 prototype single-row, 5 cylinder radial; intended for the Yakovlev Yak-20 *

Ivchenko AI-14 The Ivchenko AI-14 is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine, radial piston engine designed in the Soviet Union to power aircraft. A variant known as the M462 was produced under Licensed production, license by Avia Motors, Avia. Variants ;AI ...

single-row, nine-cylinder radial; powered the Yakovlev Yak-12, Yakovlev Yak-18,

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, Kamov Ka-15 and Kamov Ka-18 *

Ivchenko AI-26 The Ivchenko AI-26 is a seven-cylinder air-cooled radial engine used in early Soviet helicopters and later used in light utility aircraft. Design and development The AI-26 engine was designed by A.G Ivchenko in 1945 with the early designation M ...

single-row, seven cylinder radial; powered the Mil Mi-1

References

External links

Ivchenko-Progress homepage
* https://web.archive.org/web/20101206002205/http://www.zmkb.com/

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