JSC "Aviation complex named after Ilyushin S. V.", Moscow

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The Aviation Complex named after Ilyushin S. V. is one of the oldest enterprises that create the best aircraft in Russia. Services to the state were repeatedly highly appreciated. The Design Bureau was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the Order of the October Revolution. The design bureau continues to work on the creation of equipment for flights, taking into account modern technologies.

First design success

The Aviation Complex named after Ilyushin S. V. was founded in January 1933. First of all, a design bureau was created, whose work began at plant No. 39. The tasks of the design bureau included the development of a closed production cycle and the design of light and serial aircraft, including for military purposes. S. V. Ilyushin was appointed head of the bureau. The team that took up the development of the TsKB-26 bomber consisted of seven designers. By May 1934, the staff increased to 54 people.

In the first bomber, the designers laid the latest developments, which favorably distinguished it from those available onmachine weapons. Technical documentation and a prototype were released in the shortest possible time. The Aviation Complex named after Ilyushin V. S. tested the TsKB-26 model in the summer of 1934, an experienced test pilot V. K. Kokkinaki was at the helm. The test results showed not just good performance, but outstanding achievements of the entire team. In the future, this machine won many competitions, setting world records in speed and flight range.

Serial supply of the army and records

After successful testing of the first bomber, S. V. Ilyushin was instructed to ensure the production of the second generation of TsKB-30 flight machines with an all-metal structure. The experimental model was tested in 1936, and the aircraft received serial execution under the name DB-3.

Its release was started by three factories located in Moscow, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Voronezh. The new type of bombers gradually replaced the outdated DB-3 models in the Air Force ground regiments. A separate type of torpedo bomber was created for the fleet, called DB-3T.

Confirmation that the aviation complex named after S. V. Ilyushin created at that time the best example of flight equipment is two long-distance flights of the car, made without an intermediate landing. One of them passed along the route Moscow - the Far East, the second paved the way across the Atlantic Ocean to North America, 8 thousand kilometers long.

For the front

BeforeAt the beginning of the war, in 1939, the SV Ilyushin Aviation Complex tested an improved model of the DB-3F modification bomber. Aerodynamic qualities were improved in the car, the engine received more power, and the flight speed increased to 445 kilometers per hour. The plane, loaded with a bomb load with a total weight of 1 ton, made a flight with a range of up to 3.5 thousand kilometers.

Since the beginning of the war, all aircraft models that the Aviation Complex named after. Ilyushin, were involved in the active conduct of battles. Already in August 1941, DB-3 machines of the B altic Air Fleet bombed Berlin. In 1942, the bombers of the first released series received the designation Il-4. 480 long-range bombers took part in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. During the war, the IL-4 became the main type of vehicles used in combat operations.

Flying tank

By 1941, the Ilyushin Design Bureau had in its arsenal the development of technical documentation and a prototype of a "flying tank" - a two-seat armored aircraft. In terms of its bombing and reconnaissance characteristics, it was much more effective than other analogues of other design bureaus. The prototype was tested by V. K. Kokkinaki in October 1939, but the results were unsatisfactory.

It took a lot of work, in particular, it was necessary to improve the AM038 engine, re-equip the cockpit for one pilot instead of two, and the military demanded to addweapons units. In 1940, the aircraft was named Il-2 and was put into mass production at the Voronezh Aviation Plant. Before the start of the war, almost 250 attack aircraft were produced at the enterprise.

The first battle was fought by five Il-2 planes on June 27, 1941, attacking a convoy of German vehicles near the city of Bobruisk. In the same period, the production of "Ilov" decreased due to the mass evacuation of factories, after Stalin's intervention, the situation smoothed out, and an increase in production capacity began. By the time the Battle of Kursk began, more than 1,000 Il-2 aircraft were delivered to the front every month. For all the years of the war, more than 3, 6 thousand cars were built.

Modifications of IL-2

Participation in military operations demonstrated some of the shortcomings of the IL-2, in particular, the insecurity of its tail during enemy attacks on the aircraft. They decided to eliminate the drawback by returning to the double cockpit, where the shooter became the second participant in the flight, for whom the M. E. Berezin heavy machine gun was installed. This modification of the attack aircraft marked the beginning of a new kind of aviation technology.

On the basis of the improved Il-2, the SV Ilyushin aviation complex produced the Il-10 maneuverable armored attack aircraft, which became widespread in the last period of the war with Germany and took part in military operations in Japan. In the Soviet army, the Il-10 was in service until 1950, serial production was discontinued in 1947. More than 30% of all flightcomposition of the machines involved in the Great Patriotic War, designed and launched into a series of aviation complex. S. V. Ilyushin.

Passenger transport

For some time the Design Bureau was evacuated (October 1941 - April 1942) in the city of Kuibyshev. Upon his return to Moscow, S. V. Ilyushin was appointed director and chief designer of the aircraft plant number 240. After the turning point in the war in favor of the USSR, Ilyushin began to develop passenger air transport. Il-12 became the first aircraft for mass transportation. Its operation began in 1946, in addition to the passenger model, it was built in a military transport modification.

In 1950, the S. V. Ilyushin Aviation Complex (Moscow) mass-produced the Il-14 passenger aircraft with qualitatively improved characteristics obtained after analyzing the operational data of the Il-12. The new model was produced in 14 versions by three countries - the USSR, the GDR, Czechoslovakia. The aircraft was used for mass passenger transportation and scientific expeditions. Later, the Design Bureau worked on the creation of passenger, specialized air transport and aircraft for the Air Force.

Passenger and special vehicles

The Aviation Complex named after Ilyushin S. V. at different times released a line of passenger air transport:

• IL-12 (4 modifications) was in operation from 1947 to 1968. In China, aircraft were involved until 1988. Per663 units produced all the time.
• IL-14 (14 modifications). Was in operation from 1950 to 2005. The circulation was 1348 aircraft (according to some sources, the figure exceeds 3800 units).
• IL-18 (24 modifications, including military transport, airborne transport, training, research, etc.). The total number of cars produced is more than 800 units, the operating time is 1959-2002. Several copies continue to fly in Africa, Somalia, Ukraine, North Korea, etc.
• IL-62 (10 modifications). 289 aircraft were produced, of which 81 aircraft were exported. Years of operation - from 1965 to the present.
• IL-86 (4 modifications). Used from 1976 to the present, a total of 106 aircraft were produced.
• IL-96-300 (9 modifications). Operated from 1988 to the present, the number of vehicles produced is 30 aircraft.
• IL-114 (12 modifications of passenger and special vehicles). In operation since 2001, mass production continues in Tashkent, mass production is being prepared at the MiG plant in the period 2020-2021. Work machines are used on domestic flights.
• IL-114 (12 modifications). Has been flying since 2001. Since 2017, it has been produced at the TAPOiCH plant. The aircraft are operated by domestic airlines.
• Four-seater Il-103 aircraft. Produced since 1994, currently in operation.

To date, OJSC "Aviation Complex named after S. V. Ilyushin" has produced aircraft for the following purposes:

• Nine patternsbombers.
• Eight attack aircraft models.
• Three models of aircraft for the Navy (anti-submarine, torpedo).
• Three models of transport aircraft.
• Specialized aircraft 5 models based on transport.
• Nine models of passenger transport and three specialized models based on passenger aircraft.
• 4 models are under development (IL-112, IL-114, Ermak super-heavy PTS, modification of IL-76 (transporter)).

Company at the present stage

For the entire period of existence of the aviation complex. S. V. Ilyushin (Moscow) developed more than two hundred types of aircraft with numerous modifications. More than 60,000 Il aircraft have been produced in serial production for the Air Force, passenger transportation and highly specialized use.

Since 1990, the Design Bureau has changed its form of ownership, becoming an open joint-stock company - JSC "IL". Since 1995, VV Livanov has been the General Director and General Designer. The main activities are the design of cargo, transport and military transport aircraft.

Vacancies

The company is constantly developing, creating jobs and improving working conditions. To date, there is a certain permanent list of specialists who will always be welcome in the design bureau and in the production shops of several branches.

Aviationcomplex named after S. V. Ilyushin has the following vacancies in the areas:

• Working speci alties (assemblers, assemblers-riveters, etc.).
• Designers and engineers (design engineers, designers with specialization, etc.).
• Administrative staff in the accounting department (accountants, economists, etc.).

The company pays great attention to the training of professional personnel, for which a program has been developed to attract talented youth and retrain existing professionals. JSC "Aviation Complex named after S. V. Ilyushin" participates in the state program of targeted recruitment of applicants to higher educational institutions. The basic educational institutions are MAI, MIPT, MPEI, MSTU. Bauman, MIREA, where you can get education at the expense of the federal budget with an eye to further work in the Ilyushin design bureau.

Useful information

The Aviation Complex named after S. V. Ilyushin in Moscow is located on Leningradsky Prospekt in building No. 45, letter “G”.

Branches and representative offices of the OKB are located in the cities:

• City of Zhukovsky (Moscow region), branch.
• The village of Kamenka (Moscow region), a training center.
• City of Ulyanovsk, branch.
• City of Voronezh, branch.
• City of Ryazan, branch.
• Tashkent city, representative office of the company.

You can learn more about the history of the company and its achievements in the OKB Museum, located on Leningradskyprospectus.