The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian

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(design office prefix Be), specializing in

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. The company was founded in

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in 1934 as

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-49 by

Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev (Beriashvili) ( ''Georgij Michajlovič Beriev''; Georgian: გიორგი მიხეილის ძე ბერიაშვილი ''Giorgi Mikheilis Dze Beriashvili''; 13 February 1903 – 12 July 1979), wa ...

, and since that time has designed and produced more than 20 different models of aircraft for civilian and military purposes, as well as customized models. Today the company employs some 3000 specialists and is developing and manufacturing amphibious aircraft. Pilots flying Beriev seaplanes have broken 228 world aviation records, which are registered and acknowledged by the

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History

founded the design bureau that bears his name at Taganrog in 1932. The traditional focus of the Beriyev Design Bureau has been the development of seaplanes for military and civilian use. The Bureau was moved to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1942 to avoid destruction in World War II, and returned to Taganrog in 1945. In November 1989, Beriev became the only defense industry enterprise to win the Prize for Quality awarded by the Soviet Government.

Aircraft

* Beriev MBR-2/MP-1, multi-purpose flying boat, 1935 * Beriev Be-2/KOR-1/KR-2, reconnaissance seaplane, 1936; NATO codename "Mote" *

Beriev Be-4 The Beriev Be-4 (originally designated KOR-2) was a reconnaissance flying boat built to operate from Soviet warships during World War II. Design and development In 1939, Beriev was ordered to develop a successor to the KOR-1 design, which wou ...

, reconnaissance seaplane, 1940 * Beriev MBR-7, prototype short-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat, 1937 * Beriev MDR-5, long-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat, 1938 *

Beriev B-10 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovich B ...

, high-speed fighter project, 1939 * Beriev Be-4/KOR-2, parasol-wing flying boat, 1940; NATO codename "Mug" * Beriev Be-5/KOR-3, three-seat, single engine, catapult-launched seaplane, not built *

Beriev MDR-8 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovi ...

, unbuilt long-range reconnaissance aircraft, 1939 *

Beriev MDRT The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovi ...

, long-range maritime reconnaissance/torpedo bomber, 1940 *

Beriev BB-282F The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovi ...

, twin-engine armored bomber, 1942 *

Beriev MDR-10 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovi ...

, long-range maritime reconnaissance, 1942 * Beriev LL-143, prototype twin-engine flying boat, precursor of Be-6, 1945 *

Beriev Be-8 The Beriev Be-8 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 33", NATO reporting name "Mole"), was built by the Soviet Beriev OKB in 1947. It was a passenger/liaison amphibian aircraft with a layout similar to the Be-4 but substantially larger and heavier. It ...

, passenger/liaison amphibian, 1947; NATO codename "Mole" or "Mode" *

Beriev Printsessa The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovi ...

, projected large six-engine passenger/patrol flying boat, 1947 *

Beriev Be-6 The Beriev Be-6 ( USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 34", NATO reporting name "Madge") was a flying boat produced by the Soviet Beriev OKB. It was capable of accomplishing a wide variety of missions, such as long-range maritime reconnaissance, coas ...

, flying boat used for firefighting duty, 1949; NATO codename "Madge" *

Beriev R-1 The Beriev R-1 (known in-house as 'product R')Gordon, Sal'nikov and Zablotskiy 2006, p. 5. was the first Soviet turbojet-powered flying boat. Design and development At the end of World War II, design work began on a request from the Soviet Navy ...

, experimental jet-powered flying boat, 1952 *

Beriev Be-1 The Beriev Be-1 was an experimental Ground effect vehicle, wing-in-ground-effect aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the 1960s. Design and development In 1956, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini approached the Beriev design bureau with a prop ...

, prototype wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft, 1956 * Beriev Be-10/M-10, jet-engined flying boat, 1956; NATO codename "Mallow" * Beriev Be-12/M-12 ''Chayka'', Amphibious aircraft, similar in function to the

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CL-415, used for

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations ar ...

, based upon the Be-6, 1960; NATO codename "Mail" *

Beriev Be-16 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovich B ...

, heavy military transport project, 1959 * An-Be-20, projected 1960s trijet regional airliner developed in cooperation with Antonov; cancelled in favor of the Yakovlev Yak-40 * Beriev S-13, a clone of the

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reconnaissance plane, 1961.Yefim Gordon: Soviet X-Planes. Midland Publishing, 2000, *

Beriev Be-24 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovich B ...

, amphibious airliner project, 1963 *

Beriev Be-26 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovich B ...

, projected amphibious ASW aircraft * Beriev Be-30, light single-engine airliner project, 1965 * Beriev Be-32, VTOL aircraft in various configurations, 1965 * Beriev Be-30, regional airliner and utility transport aircraft, 1967; NATO codename "Cuff" * Beriev Be-40, airliner project, 1968 *

Antonov An-30 The Antonov An-30 (NATO reporting name: Clank), is a development of the An-24 designed for aerial cartography. It is the second member of the Antonov An-24 family, succeeding the An-24, while preceding the An-26, An-32 and canceled An-132. ...

, aerial cartography development of the

Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv ...

, 1971 *

Bartini Beriev VVA-14 The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 ''Vertikaľno-Vzletayushchaya Amfibiya'' ( vertical take-off amphibious aircraft) was a wing-in-ground-effect aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the early 1970s. Designed to be able to take off from the wa ...

, an amphibious anti-submarine aircraft, only prototypes were produced, 1972 * Beriev Be-32, a multipurpose airplane meant for cargo/passenger transport, patrol and expeditions. Modernized version of Be-30, 1976 *

Tupolev Tu-142 The Tupolev Tu-142 (142; NATO reporting name: Bear F/J) is a Soviet/Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft derived from the Tu-95 turboprop strategic bomber. A specialised communications variant designated '' ...

MR, Tu-142MK's modified by Beriev as submarine communications relay aircraft, 1977 *

Beriev A-50 The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name: Mainstay) is a Soviet-origin airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft that is based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss", the A-50 first flew in ...

''Shmel'', a modified

Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-1 ...

modified into an AWACS role, 1985; NATO codename "Mainstay" * Beriev A-60, an Ilyushin Il-76 converted into an airborne laser laboratory, 1981 *

Beriev A-40 The Beriev A-40 ''Albatros'' (, NATO reporting name: Mermaid) is a Soviet/Russian jet-powered amphibious flying boat designed by the Beriev Aircraft Company for an anti-submarine warfare role. Intended as a replacement for the amphibious tu ...

''Albatros'', the largest multipurpose amphibian airplane in the world, 1986; NATO codename "Mermaid". Cancelled due to the breakup of the Soviet Union, but later revived as the A-42. * Beriev A-42 ''Albatros'', prototype SAR variant of A-40, 1990. Combined with the A-44 in 1993 to form a multi-role aircraft. Prototype finished in 2006 and an R&D agreement signed by the Defense Ministry, but was cancelled in 2011. In 2019, the Russian Navy announced an order for three A-42s. * Beriev A-44, military patrol version of A-42, 1990. Combined with the A-42 in 1993. *

Beriev Be-112 The Beriev Be-112 is a proposed amphibian aircraft with two propeller engines, projected to carry 27 passengers. The Beriev The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office ...

proposed twin-engined propeller amphibian airplane, 1995 *

Beriev Be-103 The Beriev Be-103 (in English sometimes called "Snipe") is an amphibious seaplane designed by Beriev and constructed by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) in Russia. Intended for autonomous operation in the unmarked ...

''Bekas'', a light amphibian, intended for passenger transport, medical aid, patrol and tourism, 1997 *

Beriev Be-200 The Beriev Be-200 ''Altair'' () is a jet aircraft, jet-powered amphibious aircraft, amphibious flying boat of utility type designed and built by the Beriev, Beriev Aircraft Company. Marketed as being designed for aerial firefighting, fire figh ...

''Altair'', a large multipurpose amphibian airplane, 1998 *

Beriev Be-115 The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in Taganrog in 1934 as OKB-49 by Georgy Mikhailovich B ...

, amphibious aircraft project, 1999 * Beriev A-100, a modified Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A AWACS that will succeed the A-50 and A-50U, 2017 * Beriev Be-101 proposed single-engine light amphibian *

Beriev Be-2500 The Beriev Be-2500 Neptun () is a super heavy amphibious transport aircraft that, as of 2007, was in design and development by Russian design firm Beriev. The maximum takeoff weight is estimated at 2500 tons, hence its name. Design and develop ...

''Neptun'', a proposed super-heavy amphibian cargo aircraft with a max takeoff weight of 2500 metric tons (planned)

Operation

Be-200 The Beriev Be-200 ''Altair'' () is a jet-powered amphibious flying boat of utility type designed and built by the Beriev Aircraft Company. Marketed as being designed for fire fighting, search and rescue, maritime patrol, cargo, and passenge ...

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), Be-103 (

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAPO or KnAAZ; ); based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East, is the largest aircraft-manufacturing company in Russia. The company is among Khabarovsk Krai's most successful enterprises, and for y ...

) are produced here. In 2007 the company's revenue amounted to 1.616 billion rubles (in 2006 — 2.011 billion rubles), net profit — 14.148 million rubles (182.777 million rubles). In 2008 revenue (excluding VAT) amounted to 1.893 billion rubles (foreign market) and 939 million rubles (domestic market). Profit from sales — 275 million rubles. In April 2011 JSC TAVIA was joined to JSC Beriev TANTK.

Directors

Chief Designers of the Joint Design Bureau of Marine Aircraft Engineering (OKB MS): * 1934-1968 — G. M. Beriev * 1968-1990 — A. K. Konstantinov * 1990-1994 — G. S. Panatov Director of the Taganrog Machine-Building Plant: * 1973-1985 — I. E. Yesaulenko Heads of G. M. Beriev TANTK: * 1994-2002 — G. S. Panatov (General Designer and CEO) * 2002-2003 — V. V. Boev (CEO) * 2003-2014 — V. A. Kobzev (CEO, since November 2007 CEO-General Designer) * 2014-2015 — I. B. Garivadsky (CEO-General Designer) * 2015-2019 — Y. V. Grudinin (CEO-гGeneral Designer) * 2019-2020 — M. V. Grezin (Managing Director) * 2020-2021 — M. M. Tikhonov (Managing Director) * from 2021 — P. V. Pavlov (Managing Director)

References

External links

Official site in Russian

US division

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