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

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, Mil and

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. The design bureau works closely with

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, the turbine manufacturer located in

which produces those

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s. Polish manufacturer

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used the Progress ZMKB AI-25TL engine in the

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cropduster. Both the largest plane in the world, the

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and the largest helicopter, the

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, are powered by Progress/Lotarev engines. The bureau is administered by the

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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

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, Antonov Airlines,

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, 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

, located at

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Related real estates

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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

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Products

Turbofans

Ivchenko AI-25 The Ivchenko AI-25 is a family of military and civilian twin-shaft Turbofan, medium bypass turbofan engines developed by Ivchenko-Progress, Ivchenko OKB of the Soviet Union. It was the first bypass engine ever used on Flight length#Shortest comm ...

Lotarev DV-2 The Lotarev DV-2 (or PSLM DV-2, DV: Dnepr-Váh)MOT Site:Letecká Atlantída (03/2013)Letecká Atlantída II (04/2013) Letecká Atlantída IV (06/2013) Letecká Atlantída V (07-08/2013) is a two-spool turbofan engine manufactured in Považská B ...

* Progress AI-22 *

Progress AI-222 The Ivchenko-Progress AI-222 (, ) is a family of low-bypass turbofan engines. Design and development The development of the engine started at Ivchenko-Progress of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine in 1999. The engine was originally intended for the Yakovlev ...

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 The Ivchenko Progress D-36 (also known as Lotarev D-36) is a three-shaft high bypass ratio turbofan currently produced by the Ukrainian Motor Sich company.

* Progress D-436

Propfans

Progress D-27 The Progress D-27 is a three-shaft propfan engine developed by Ivchenko Progress, and manufactured by Motor Sich in Ukraine. The gas generator was designed using experience from the Lotarev D-36 turbofan. The D-27 engine was designed to power ...

Progress D-236 The Progress D-236 was an experimental aircraft engine, a hybrid between a turbofan and a turboprop known as a propfan. Also known as the Lotarev D-236T, the three-shaft geared engine was designed in the 1980s and 1990s to power proposed propfan ...

Turboprops

Ivchenko AI-20 The Ivchenko AI-20 is a Soviet turboprop engine developed by the Ivchenko design bureau in the 1950s. It has been built in large numbers, serving as the powerplant for both the Antonov An-12 transport and the Ilyushin Il-18 airliner. Design and ...

Ivchenko AI-24 The Ivchenko AI-24 turboprop aircraft engine was designed and developed in the late-1950s by the Ivchenko-Progress, Ivchenko design bureau and manufactured thereafter by Motor Sich. It was designed to power Antonov's successful An-24, An-26 and ...

* 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 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 aircra ...

* PBS AI-PBS-350

Reciprocating engines

Ivchenko AI-4 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 aircra ...

flat-four, powered the Kamov Ka-10 *

Ivchenko AI-10 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 aircra ...

prototype single-row, 5 cylinder radial; intended for the

Yakovlev Yak-20 The Yakovlev Yak-20 () was an experimental piston-engined trainer developed in the Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 170 ...

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 The Yakovlev Yak-12 (, also transcribed as Jak-12, NATO reporting name: "Creek") is a light multirole STOL aircraft used by the Soviet Air Forces, Soviet civilian aviation and other countries from 1947 onwards. Design and development The Yak- ...

Yakovlev Yak-18 The Yakovlev Yak-18 (; NATO reporting name Max) is a tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine, it entered ser ...

Antonov An-14 The Antonov An-14 Pchelka or Pchyolka, Bdzhilka (, "Little Bee", NATO reporting name: Clod)Taylor 1976, pp. 404–405. is a Soviet utility aircraft which was first flown on 15 March 1958.Stroud 1968, p. 65. It was a twin-engined light STOL ut ...

Kamov Ka-15 The Kamov Ka-15 (NATO reporting name Hen) was a Soviet two-seat utility helicopter with coaxial rotors, which first flew on It was the world's first mass-produced coaxial helicopter. State acceptance trials were completed in 1955, and the helico ...

and

Kamov Ka-18 The Kamov Ka-18 (NATO reporting name Hog) was a Soviet four-seat utility helicopter that first flew in 1955. It was a development of the Kamov Ka-15, with a lengthened fuselage and a more powerful engine - the Ivchenko AI-14V radial. Total produ ...

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 The Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one Ivchenko AI-26V radial ...

References

External links

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

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