Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company based near
Moscow
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, mostly known for their
air-to-air missile
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and
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defenses. It was started in the Soviet era as an
OKB
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(experimental design bureau).
History
Vympel started out after
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as OKB-134, with leading the team. The first product they designed was the
K-7 missile. Their first missile built in serial production was the
K-13 (R-13) in 1958. Toropov moved to
Tushino Aviation Facility in 1961 and was replaced by . Somewhere between 1966 and 1968 the OKB got renamed to Vympel. In 1977
Matus Bisnovat of
OKB-4 Molniya died, and all missile related work was passed to Vympel. G. Khokhlov led the team until 1981, when Genadiy A. Sokolovski succeeded him.
In 1992 the GosMKB Vympel got started on the basis of the OKB
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In May 2004 the Tactical Missiles Corporation
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was formed and Vympel became a part of it, as the design and development facility.
Notable projects
Air-to-air missiles
* K-13/R-13 (AA-2 "Atoll")
* R-4 (AA-5 "Ash")
* R-23/R-24 (AA-7 "Apex")
* R-27 (AA-10 "Alamo")
* R-33 (AA-9 "Amos")
* R-37 (AA-13 "Arrow")
* R-40 (AA-6 'Acrid')
* R-60 (AA-8 "Aphid")
* R-73 (AA-11 "Archer")
* R-77 (AA-12 "Adder")
Air-to-surface missiles
* Kh-29 (AS-13 "Kedge")
*Terra-3
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laser
Surface-to-air missiles
* 3M9 SA missile (SA-6 "Gainful") for Kub missile system.
* ABM-1 Galosh
References
External links
«Vympel NPO» official site
Tactical Missiles Corporation
Guided missile manufacturers
Science and technology in the Soviet Union
Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union
Companies based in Moscow
Electronics companies of the Soviet Union
Design bureaus
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