UEC NPO Saturn, PJSC (russian: ОДК-Сатурн НПО) is a Russian

aircraft engine An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...

manufacturer, formed from the mergers of Rybinsk Motors and Lyul'ka-Saturn (after

Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyul'ka (''Russian'': Архи́п Миха́йлович Лю́лька, ''Ukrainian'': Архип Михайлович Люлька) (1908–1984) was a Soviet scientist and designer of jet engines, head of the OKB Lyulka, ...

) in 2001. Saturn's engines power many former

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aircraft, such as the Tupolev Tu-154. Saturn holds a 50% stake in the

PowerJet PowerJet is a Franco-Russian 50-50 joint venture created in 2004 by aeronautical engine manufacturers Snecma ( Safran) and NPO Saturn. The company is in charge of the SaM146 program – the sole powerplant for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner – ...

joint venture with Safran Aircraft Engines. The company, founded by

Pavel Soloviev Dr. Pavel Aleksandrovich Solovyov (russian: Павел Александрович Соловьёв; June 26, 1917 – October 13, 1996) was a Soviet engineer born in Alekino in Kineshemsky District of Ivanovo Oblast. He specialised in the des ...

, has its headquarters in the town of Rybinsk.

History

UEC Saturn was established in 2001, following the merger of Rybinsk Motors and Lyulka-Saturn. Rybinsk Motors was established on 20 October 1916 as the Russian Renault automotive plant. In 1917 it started producing aviation engines for the Ilya Muromets aircraft. The company was nationalized in 1918. Rybinsk was originally known as the Kolesov Engine Design Bureau. Kolesov took over the organization from V.A. Dobrynin who founded it in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Under Kolesov's direction, the bureau designed turbojet engines for the

Myasishchev M-50 The Myasishchev M-50 (russian: Мясищев М-50; NATO reporting name Bounder) is a Soviet prototype four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber which never attained service. Only one flightworthy prototype was built, which was first flown i ...

Bounder experimental supersonic bomber, turbojets for the

Tu-22 Blinder The Tupolev Tu-22 (NATO reporting name: Blinder) was the first supersonic bomber to enter production in the Soviet Union. Manufactured by Tupolev, the Tu-22 entered service with the Soviet military in the 1960s. The aircraft was a disappointme ...

medium bomber, RD-36-35FVR lift engines for the

Yak-38 The Yakovlev Yak-38 (russian: Яковлев Як-38; NATO reporting name: "Forger") was the Soviet Naval Aviation's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft in addition to being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. It w ...

Forger,

RD-36-51A The Kolesov RD-36 was a supersonic turbojet engine used on various Soviet aircraft projects. Design and development Developed at OKB-36 (P. A. Kolesov) and produced at the Rybinsk Motor-Building Plant. The RD-36-51A engine was developed for ...

supersonic engines for the

Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic airliner, supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial sup ...

SST, RD-36-51V engines for the Myasishchev M-17 Mystic, and lift engines for the

Yak-141 The Yakovlev Yak-141 (russian: Яковлев Як-141; NATO reporting name "Freestyle"), also known as the Yak-41, is a Soviet supersonic vertical takeoff/landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft designed by Yakovlev. It was used for testing. Design ...

Freestyle. Lyulka-Saturn was named after its founder, A. M. Lyulka. Following the

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, the Ukrainians refused to supply the Russian Navy with marine gas turbines from

Zorya-Mashproekt Zorya-Mashproekt ( uk, ДП НВКГ «Зоря» — «Машпроект») is a research and production complex that specializes in a gas turbine construction. The complex is located in the city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine and is part of the Ukrai ...

, and so Saturn has been commissioned to design new engines for the ''Admiral Gorshkov'' and ''Admiral Grigorovich''-class frigates. USC forecast these new engines will be available in 2017-18, allowing ships to be commissioned from 2020. UEC Saturn announced in April 2017 that Saturn's marine turbines are now in production and undergoing sea trials prior to delivery. This is the first venture by a Russian manufacturer into the production of large marine gas turbines, aimed at completely replacing the earlier Ukrainian equivalents.

Products

Turbojets

AL-7 The AL-7 is a Soviet assault rifle designed by Izhmash engineer Yury Aleksandrov in the early 1970s. The AL-7 uses a type of operation developed by Pyotr Tkachyov of TsNIITochMash (Central Institute for Precision Machine Building) in the mid ...

* AL-21 * AL-32 Saturn makes the

AL-31 The Saturn AL-31 is a family of axial flow turbofan engines, developed by the Lyulka design bureau in the Soviet Union, now NPO Saturn in Russia, originally as a 12.5-tonne (122.6 kN, 27,560 lbf) powerplant for the Sukhoi Su-27 long ran ...

turbojet which powers China's Chengdu J-10 multirole jet fighter aircraft.

Turboshaft

* Saturn RD-600V (1500 hp)

Turboprop

* Saturn/Lyulka AL-34 * Saturn TVD-1500B

Turbofans

series * AL-32 * AL-41 * 36MT (TRDD50) and 37-01E, developed for the Kh-59M Kh55 Kh65 Kh101 KhBD family of air-launched tactical missiles and UAV UCAV use : 37-03 37-04 for cruise missiles, UAV, UCAV * AL-146 or SD146

PowerJet SaM146 The PowerJet SaM146 is a turbofan engine produced by the PowerJet joint venture between Snecma (Safran) of France and NPO Saturn of Russia. Developing of thrust, the SaM146 is used on the Sukhoi Superjet 100. Snecma is in charge of the core eng ...

(50/50 with Safran Aircraft Engines), along subcontracted CFM56 with Safran Aircraft Engines since 1998 * AL-55 * D-30K/F

Gas turbines

Saturn VMF

* M70FR FRU (D090/DO90 UGT15000 M70) 10 14 MW unit M27 M7N1, M70RU (6 8 to 14,8 MW) * M70FRU2 (DP71 DM71 UGT6000) 6 8 MW unit M35 ; M75RU Gas Turbine (5 7 to 8 MW), M75FR (5.2 to 5.4 MW) * E70/8RD (within 8.48 MW or little more, derived from M70FRU and

SaM146 The PowerJet SaM146 is a turbofan engine produced by the PowerJet joint venture between Snecma (Safran) of France and NPO Saturn of Russia. Developing of thrust, the SaM146 is used on the Sukhoi Superjet 100. Snecma is in charge of the core eng ...

) * M90FR FRU (UGT15000R+ M90 DA91)unit M55R (20.2 MW, max 26 28) : M90RU and M85RU (14 16 to 18 24 MW DO90 DA70 DA80 DA90 DA91 DT59 DN59 D090) * M80RU FR FRU (DA80 M80 DN80) (25 to 28.6 MW) * D049R, DO49R, D055R * AL-31ST 16 MW at UMPO along AL31STN and other GTs * AL-31STE 18 MW at UMPO * GT-25PU (25 26 MW) * AL-41ST-25 25 MW UMPO * GTD-110 GTD110M (110 MW) * GTN-25-1 25 MW built at Tjumen Engine Plant TMZ and Ural Turbine Plant UTZ at Ekaterinburg * Baltika-25 (SGT-600) unit with 25 MW engine GT-10 built at AVV Nevskij (Saint Petersburg) * GTE45 (TeploEnergoServis with Engineering Center of Gas Turbine Production) (45,4 MW) * GTU32 (MS5002E) "Ladoga" built at NZL plant Saint Petersburg * GTU86 (6FA 6F03) 82 MW (GTU52 6F01 54 MW) at RGT, Rybinsk * GTE-180, GTE-160, further, along SilMash, GTT, KTZ and UTZ * GTN-25 UTZ Gas TurboGenerator 25 MW GPA-25/76 at Nevsky Zavod, GPA25 GCP25 Iskra Perm * GP2 (PS90GP2) (15.2 MW, GP3 20 GP4 25), GT-12PU 12.4 MW GTU-12PG-2 12.3 MW * GTD-6/8RM, DO49, GTD-4RM, GTD-10RM, GTD-6,3RM : M7N1 unit made by 2x UGT16000 (DT59) 16.48 MW and 2x UGT6000 (DS71) 7.45 MW :: so M90FR 20.58 MW or M70FRU with M70FRU2 (or M90FR with M75RU layout) : M36 unit have 4 DT59 (16,7 MW), comparable unit would be 4x M90FR or 2x M90FR with 2x M70FRU : M55 unit 2x DA91 + 2x diesel (2x M90FR + 2x diesel or M70FRU or 4x M90FR to 40,5 MW 54400 hp), M3N, M8 : M5N unit 4x DN59 2x DS71 92000 hp, M9B unit 2x D090 2x DT59 74000 hp, M27 2x D090 2x DS71, M10 M16 1x D71 2x D050 : M25A unit 2x DA80 2x diesel 92000 hp, M44 2x D090 1x diesel, M73 2x DP73 M35 5x DP71, M10D 2x D050 DT59 : M21A unit 4x DT59 2x DS71 2x Steam Turbines 110000 hp 82 MW (4x M90FR 2x M70FRU2 or M75RU 2x Steam, 4x M90FR 2x M70FRU 2x M70FRU2 or M75RU) * PGU-165/325/495 Steam Gas units corrispectively 165 325 and 495 MW electric power.

Turborus

: (at Production) * M3N M5E M8 M10, M15A M15-B M15V, M35, M7K, M7N M7N1, M9, M21A, MT70, DT4 * DT 59, DK 59, DN 59, DE 59, D063, DR77 DS 77 DN 77, DD 50, DO 75, DM 71 DR 71 DP 71 DS 71, DR 76, DM 76, DA 90, DO 90, DA 91.

Rocket engines

* LREs * Vernier, other

Snow mobile

"Russkaya Mekhanika“ company is the manufacturer of snowmobiles Tajga and Buran, Approximately 10,000 are produced annually. It is a 100% affiliated company of NPO Saturn. The snowmobiles have been produced in Rybinsk in the Yaroslavl Oblast. (approx. 400 km north of Moscow) since 1971.

References

External links

Official site

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