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defenses. It was started in the Soviet era as an OKB (experimental design bureau).

History

Vympel started out after World War II 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 OKBPalms & Company Document - Russia's 200 largest industries available for merger - acquisition
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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 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 {{aero-company-stub