JSC Kamov () is a
rotorcraft
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manufacturing company
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the
secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a ...
based in
Lyubertsy, Russia.
The Kamov Design Bureau (
design office prefix Ka) has more recently specialised in compact
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which Lift (force), lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning Helicopter rotor, rotors. This allows the helicopter to VTOL, take off and land vertically, to hover (helicopter), hover, and ...
s with
coaxial rotors
A coaxial-rotor aircraft is an aircraft whose helicopter rotor, rotors are mounted one above the other on Concentric objects, concentric shafts, with the same axis of rotation, but turning in opposite directions (contra-rotating).
This rotor co ...
, suitable for naval service and high-speed operations.
History
Kamov was founded by
Nikolai Ilyich Kamov, who started building his first rotary-winged aircraft in 1929, together with
N. K. Skrzhinskii. Up to 1940, the year of Kamov plant establishment, they created many
autogyro
An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), gyroscope, gyrocopter or gyroplane, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. A gyroplane "means a rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-d ...
s, including the
TsAGI A-7-3, the only armed autogyro to see (limited) combat action.
From 2002
AFK Sistema controlled a 51% stake in the company, with
MiG controlling the remaining 49%.
Kamov was sold to
Oboronprom in 2005.
Kamov merged with
Mil and
Rostvertol
JSC Rostvertol () is a Russian helicopter manufacturer company located in Rostov-on-Don. It was founded on 1 July 1939. Rostvertol has been producing helicopters designed by the Mil design bureau since 1956 and is a world leader in the manufactu ...
to form
Russian Helicopters
JSC Russian Helicopters () is a helicopter design and manufacturing company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. The company designs and manufactures civilian and military helicopters. The company's principal shareholder is Rostec. It is the world's ...
.
The Kamov brand name was retained, though the new company dropped overlapping product lines.
See also
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Aircraft industry of Russia
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List of Kamov aircraft
This is a list of aircraft produced by Kamov, a Russian aircraft manufacturer.
Designs
;KaSkr-I Gyrocraft 1929: 25 September 1929, the first Soviet autogyro, designed by Kamov and Skrzhinskii. Based on Juan de la Cierva, Cierva models nam ...
References
{{Kamov aircraft
Helicopter manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Russian Helicopters
Russian brands
Companies based in Moscow Oblast
Ministry of the Aviation Industry (Soviet Union)
Design bureaus