JSC Kamov (russian: Камов) is a Russian
rotorcraft 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 secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range ...
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 and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
s with
coaxial rotors, 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
autogyros, 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
Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (russian: Российская самолётостроительная корпорация „МиГ“, Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya "MiG"), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, was a Russi ...
controlling the remaining 49%.
Kamov was sold to
Oboronprom in 2005.
Kamov merged with
Mil and
Rostvertol
JSC Rostvertol (russian: Роствертол) 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 w ...
to form
Russian Helicopters
JSC Russian Helicopters (russian: Вертолёты России ''Vertolyoty Rossii'') is a helicopter design and manufacturing company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. The company designs and manufactures civilian and military helicopters. The c ...
.
The Kamov brand name was retained, though the new company dropped overlapping product lines.
See also
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Aircraft industry of Russia
Aircraft manufacturing is an important industrial sector in Russia, employing around 355,300 people. The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a deep crisis for the industry, especially for the civilian aircraft segment. The situation started im ...
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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 Cierva models named ''The Red Engine ...
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