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 of "" – , meaning 'experiment and design bureau'. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. ...

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

TsAGI The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (also (Zhukovsky) Central Institute of Aerodynamics, russian: Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т, ЦАГИ, Tsentral'nyy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut, ...

. 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 NPO Molniya (''lightning'') (russian: Научно-производственное объединение «Молния») is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976. Currently part of Rostec. Space system ...

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

Ilyushin The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin (russian: Илью́шин) or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a former Soviet and now a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Vl ...

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 M51 or M-51 may refer to: * M-51 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan * M51 highway (Russia) * M51 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M51 Skysweeper, an anti-aircraft gun * M51 MACI mine * M51 SLBM, a French ...

: 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 * 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, 1955 * M-70: supersonic flying boat, 1955

1967-present

* M-12: STOL/VTOL utility aircraft, 1968 *

M-13 M13, M-13 or M13 may refer to: Military * Fiat M13/40, an Italian tank used in World War II * M13 Half-track, a U.S. anti-aircraft gun used in World War II * M13 link, a machine gun's ammunition link * M-13 rocket, a version of the Soviet World War ...

: military transport, 1968 * M-17 "Mystic-A": high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 1970 * M-18: supersonic bomber design, 1972 * M-19: hypersonic air and space plane; various engine and fuel types, 1974 * M-20: strategic multi-regime supersonic bomber, many aerodynamic configurations, 1968 *

M-25 M25 or M-25 may be: Aerospace * M-25 Dromader Mikro, a variant of the Polish PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader agricultural aircraft * Cors-Air M25Y Black Devil, an Italian aircraft engine * Shvetsov M-25, an aircraft radial engine produced in the Soviet ...

: 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 aircraft project * 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 M150 or M-150 may refer to: * M150 Penetration Augmented Munition, an explosive device * Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight#Use by U.S. military, M150 ACOG, a telescopic rifle sight used by the United States Army * M-150 (Michigan highway), a road in ...

: 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'' program (russian: Буран, , "Snowstorm", "Blizzard"), also known as the "VKK Space Orbiter program" (russian: ВКК «Воздушно-Космический Корабль», lit=Air and Space Ship), was a Soviet Union, Sovi ...

, 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 (deri ...

suborbital craft

Missiles

RSS-40 Buran The Buran cruise missile, designation RSS-40, was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile by Myasishchev capable of carrying a 3,500 kg hydrogen bomb payload. The project was canceled before flight tests began. It is unrelated to the late ...

, 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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