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Sukhoi
The JSC Sukhoi Company (, ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft.
Tupolev
Tupolev (), officially United Aircraft Company Tupolev - Public Joint Stock Company, is a Russian aerospace and defense company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow.
Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG
thumb|350px|Various MiG fighter aircraft, from MiG-31 to [[MiG-9 at Central Air Force Museum Monino]] Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Begovoy District, Moscow.
Antonov
Antonov (d/b/a Antonov Company, formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov or Antonov ASTC, and earlier the Antonov Design Bureau, for its chief designer, Oleg Antonov) is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in the fields of very large aeroplanes and aeroplanes using unprepared runways. Antonov (model prefix "An-") has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of its planes are operating in the former Soviet Union and in developing countries.
Yakovlev
The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau (; ) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is a subsidiary of Yakovlev Corporation.
Ilyushin
The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin () or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Soviet/Russian nomenclature identifies aircraft from Ilyushin with the prefix "Il-" (). Ilyushin has its head office in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.
Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
helicopter manufacturer in Russia and the USSR
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
Russian spacecraft manufacturer
Kamov
JSC Kamov () is a rotorcraft manufacturing company based in Lyubertsy, Russia.
Beriev
The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft.
NPO Lavochkin
NPO Lavochkin (, OKB-301, also called Lavochkin Research and Production Association or shortly Lavochkin Association, LA) is a Russian aerospace company. It is a major player in the Russian space program, being the developer and manufacturer of the Fregat upper stage, as well as interplanetary probes such as Fobos-Grunt. As of 2015, it was headed by Sergei Lemeshevskii. On 10 August 2017 the Lavochkin Association's Board of Directors appointed Vladimir Kolmykov Director General of the enterprise.
OKB
thumb|Sukhoi Company (JSC) head office/Sukhoi OKB 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 prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. The corresponding English language term for such a bureau's activity is R&D or research and development.
Pivdenne Design Office
Ukrainian rocket and satellite designer
NPO Mashinostroyeniya
rocket design company
NPO Energomash
aerospace company in USSR and Russia
Aviadvigatel
UEC-Aviadvigatel JSC () is a Russian developer and builder of aircraft engines, most notably jet engines for commercial aircraft. Based at the Perm Engine Plant, its products power the Ilyushin Il-76MF, Ilyushin Il-96, Tupolev Tu-204, and Tupolev Tu-214. It also designs and builds high-efficiency gas turbine units for electric power stations and for gas pumping plants. The company has its background in the Experimental Design Bureau-19 plant, set up to manufacture aircraft engines.
Ivchenko-Progress
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 aircraft engines in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft, most notably by Antonov, Beriev, Ilyushin, Tupolev, Mil and Yakovlev. The design bureau works closely with Motor Sich, the turbine manufacturer located in Zaporizhzhia which produces those engines.
Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
company
Rubin Design Bureau
submarine design bureau in the USSR and Russia
Myasishchev Design Bureau
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 Soviet aerospace design bureaus until its dissolution in 1960. Vladimir Myasishchev went on to head TsAGI. 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 NPO Molniya intend to use the V-MT or M-55 as launch vehicle for sub-orbital spacef
NPO Saturn
engine-building company, located in Rybinsk
Klimov
UEC-Klimov () is a Russian manufacturer of gas turbine engines, main gearboxes and accessory drive gearboxes for transport aircraft.
Kuznetsov Design Bureau
Soviet/Russian aircraft engine design office
Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau
Soviet and Ukrainian design bureau for armored vehicles
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Russian defense company
GSKB Almaz-Antey
Soviet/Russian military R&D enterprise
Vympel
missile development and production company
MKB Raduga
aircraft design bureau in USSR and Russia
Luch
Design Bureau
KBM
Russian defense company
Khartron
JSC "Khartron" (Hartron) (Ukrainian: Хартрон, formerly NPO "Electropribor", Russian: НПО "Электроприбор", meaning Scientific Production Association "Electrical device"; originally known as NII-692 or OKB-692 design bureau; afterwards known as KB electropriborostroeniya before being named NPO Electropribor) is one of the leading design engineering bureaus in Ukraine, which develops and produces spacecraft and missile control systems.
Malachite
Russian design company
OKBM Afrikantov
company
Chemical Automatics Design Bureau
Russian Design Bureau
Scientific Production Association
industrial business group, conglomerate in the fortmer Soviet Union
MKB Fakel
Russian government-owned aerospace defense corporation
OKB Gidropress
Russian state-owned nuclear reactor designer
NPO Novator
Russian company that designs long-range anti-aircraft missiles
Aviamotor Scientific and Technical Complex «Soyuz»
engines design bureau and manufacturer, located in Russia
EADS EFW
company
KB Tochmash
Russian missile design bureau
TsKIB SOO
Russian small arms design bureau based in Tula, Russia
Lazurit Central Design Bureau
Russian design company
State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center
Chyetverikov
Soviet aircraft design bureau
Arsenal Design Bureau
subsidiary of Roscosmos