V. M. Myasishchev Experimental Design Bureau (Экспериментальный Машиностроительный Завод им. В. М. Мясищева) or OKB-23, founded in 1951 by MGB UdSSR Vladimir Myasishchev, was one of the chief

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design bureau OKB () is a transliteration of the Russian initials for "" (), which translates to "Experimental Design Bureau." It could also mean or "Special Design Bureau" in english. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and ...

s until its dissolution in 1960. Vladimir Myasishchev went on to head

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. In 1967, Myasishchev left TsAGI and recreated his bureau, which still exists to this day. The bureau prefix was "M." , its workforce is estimated at approximately one thousand. Myasishchev and

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intend to use the V-MT or M-55 as launch vehicle for

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. In July 2014, the merger of Myasishchev and

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to create a single modern production complex was announced by the Board of Directors of OAO Il.

Products

1940-1960

* VM-1/DVB-102: prototype long-range, high-altitude bomber, 1940 **VM-2: projected version of VM-1 with M-20 diesel engines, 1940 **VM-3/DVB-102N: projected version powered by M-120TK engines, 1940 **VM-4: prototype version powered by M-71TK-3 engines, 1943 **VM-5/DVB-102DM: projected version powered by MB-102TK engines, 1942 * VM-6/Pe-2M-1: Pe-2 with M-1 engines, 1943 * VM-7/Pe-2B *VM-8/Pe-2D (Pe-6) * VM-9/Pe-2S * VM-10/Pe-3M * VM-11/Pe-2K * VM-12/Pe-2I * VM-13/Pe-2M * VM-14/DIS: long-range escort fighter prototype, 1945 * VM-15/Pe-2RD * VM-16/DB-108: long-range bomber prototype developed from the Pe-2, 1944 * VM-17/DB-II-108: prototype three crew version of VM-16, 1945 * VM-18: prototype four crew version of VM-16 with increased length and wingspan, 1945 * VM-19/VB-109: VM-17 rebuilt for two crew and same wingspan as the VM-16 and VM-17, 1945 * VM-20/Pe-2F * VM-21/Pe-2R *VM-22/DVB-202: projected four-engine strategic long-range, high-altitude bomber, 1944 *VM-23/DVB-302: projected four-engine strategic long-range, high-altitude bomber, 1945 *VM-24/RB-17: projected tactical jet bomber, 1945 * M-25/M-4 "Bison": company designation for M-4 * M-26 (I): M-4 powered by VD-7 engines, 1951 * M-26 (II): projected four-engine military transport aircraft, 1960 * M-27: projected two or four engine jet airliner, 1952 * M-28/2M: four-engine high-altitude bomber, 1951 * M-29/M-6P: projected airliner derived from the M-4, 1953 * M-30 (I): projected high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 1953 * M-30 (II): nuclear powered canard wing supersonic bomber, 1959 * M-31: projected transonic strategic bomber, 1952 * M-32: projected delta-wing supersonic strategic bomber, 1953 * M-33: Yak-1000 development, 1951 * M-34: transonic bomber, 1953 * M-36: company designation for 3M * M-39: 3M powered by VD-7V turbojets, 1957 * M-50 "Bounder" prototype supersonic bomber, 1954 * M-51: unmanned M-50, 1956 * M-52: supersonic strategic missile carrier developed from the M-50, 1956 * M-53: projected SST, 1958 * M-54: tailless delta-wing supersonic strategic missile carrier, 1959 * M-55: various SST studies, 1958 * M-56: canard or delta supersonic strategic missile carrier, 1956, very similar to

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* M-57: nuclear powered bomber project, 1959 * M-58: tailless supersonic bomber, 1958 * M-59: canard wing supersonic missile carrier, 1959 * M-60: nuclear powered bomber project developed from the M-50, 1955 * M-70: supersonic flying boat, 1955

1967-present

* M-12: STOL/VTOL utility aircraft, 1968 * M-13: military transport, 1968 * M-17 "Mystic-A": high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 1970 * M-18: supersonic bomber design, 1972; cancelled in favor of the Tupolev Tu-160 *

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: hypersonic air and space plane; various engine and fuel types, 1974 * M-20: strategic multi-regime supersonic bomber, many aerodynamic configurations, 1968 * M-25: supersonic attack aircraft, used its own shockwave as a weapon, 1969 * M-35/VM-T: 2 M-4s converted to carry the space shuttle '' Buran'', 1977 * M-52 eight-engine heavy transport aircraft, 1979 * M-55 "Mystic-B": high-altitude research and reconnaissance aircraft, 1985 * M-60: widebody airliner projects; many variants, 1985-2003 * M-61/M-17PV: development of M-17, 1984 * M-62 ''Oryol'': high-altitude remote-controlled drone, 1975 * M-63: high-altitude aircraft, 1981 * M-65/M-17P: M-17 development, 1986 * M-67: high-altitude observation aircraft, 1987 * M-70 ''Gzhel'': single-engine business/executive transport aircraft, 1989; renamed to M-101 * M-72 ''Yamal'' twin-engine amphibious aircraft, 1989 * M-80 two or four-engine VTOL transport aircraft, 1994 * M-90 Air Ferry: very heavy multi-purpose transport project, 1992. Not built. * M-101 ''Gzhel'': single-engine business/executive transport aircraft, 1992 * M-102 ''Duet'': twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft, 1989 * M-103 ''Skif'': experimental heavy bomber, 1990 * M-104: project * M-105: twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft developed from the M-102, 1994 *

M-111 M-111 was the designation given to two former state trunklines in the U.S. state of Michigan: * M-111 (1928 Michigan highway) in the Bay City area * M-111 (1938 Michigan highway) in Keweenaw County {{end box ...

: twin-engine business/executive transport project, revision of 1975 German AMC-111 project, 1993 * M-112: twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft, German-Russian joint project, 1993 * M-120: twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft * M-121: twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft * M-150: twin-engine, 150 passenger short-range airliner, 1995 * M-200 Master: military advanced trainer project, 1992. Not built. * M-201 ''Sokol'': twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft, 1992 * M-202 ''Olyon'': 19 passenger twin-engine feederliner developed from the M-102, 1997 * M-203 ''Barsuk'': single-engine light utility aircraft, 1995 * M-205: two-seat light attack aircraft, 1996 * M-207: advanced trainer developed from the M-205, 1996 * M-302 ''Kuryer'': twin-engine business/executive transport aircraft for Iran, 1993 * M-500: agricultural utility aircraft

Spacecraft

* Space Adventures C-21 * Space Adventures M-55X *

Buran program The ''Buran'' programme (, , "Snowstorm", "Blizzard"), also known as the "VKK Space Orbiter programme" (), was a Soviet Union, Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project that began in 1974 at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in ...

, cockpit *

Cosmopolis XXI Cosmopolis XXI was a late 2000s Russian concept launch vehicle billed as a space tourism vehicle, similar to Mojave Aerospace's Tier One program. Designed and built by the Myasishchev Design Bureau, it would use the M-55X launch aircraft (der ...

suborbital craft

Missiles

* RSS-40 Buran, nuclear cruise missile project * M-44 aerospace vehicle project * Myasishchev Project 46 spaceplane project * Myasishchev Project 48 spaceplane project * M-48/VKA-23

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project

References

Bibliography

External links

Official site
, in English and Russian.

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