Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB formerly OKB-478

OKB

OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...

 and Ivchenko Lotarev, is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 design house for aircraft engine

Aircraft engine

An aircraft engine is the component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines...

s whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft, most notably by Antonov

Antonov

Antonov, or Antonov Aeronautical Scientist/Technical Complex , formerly the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company...

, Ilyushin

Ilyushin

Open Joint Stock Company «Ilyushin Aviation Complex» , operating as Ilyushin or Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian design bureau and aircraft manufacturer, founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin was established under the Soviet Union. Its operations began on January 13, 1933, by...

, Tupolev

Tupolev

Tupolev is a Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Known officially as Public Stock Company Tupolev, it is the successor of the Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer A.N. Tupolev...

, Mil

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

Mil Helicopters is the short name of the Soviet Russian helicopter producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant , named after the constructor Mikhail Mil. Mil participates in the Euromil joint venture with Eurocopter....

 and Yakovlev

Yakovlev

The Yak Aircraft Corporation is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer...

. Also PZL-Mielec

PZL-Mielec

PZL Mielec , formerly WSK-Mielec and WSK "PZL-Mielec" is the Polish aerospace manufacturer, based in Mielec...

 has used a Progress engine in one of their cropdusters. Both the largest plane in the world, the An 225 and the largest helicopter, the Mi-26 are powered by Lotarev engines.

History

The Company has been involved for 60 years in the design of engines to power aircraft and helicopters of various types, and also designs drives and special equipment for industrial applications.

Three notable designers have led the development during this time:

• 1945–1968: Oleksandr Heorhievych Ivchenko 
• 1968–1989: Volodymyr Oleksiyevych Lotarev ;
  
• 1989-2010: Fedir Mykhailovych Muravchenko 
• 2010-: Igor Fedorovich Kravchenko 

Initially General Oleksandr Ivchenko designed piston engines. These engines were denoted AI. Work on their first turbine engine, the TS-12, began in 1953. Since the beginning of 1960s the company have been developing bypass gas turbine engines. Under the direction of Volodymyr Lotarev, the organization developed the first operational Soviet high-bypass turbofans, the Lotarev D-36 in 1971.

This organization is now known as Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB and is based in Ukraine. Their engines are being operated successfully by numerous airlines around the world, including Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, LLC is an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services, but specialises in outsize cargo operations using the world's largest fleet of Antonov An-124 aircraft. It is a world leader in the global market for the movement of...

, Antonov Airlines, Enimex

Enimex

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, and Polet.

Production

True to the Soviet tradition, design is kept separate from production. Many of the bureau's designs were or are produced at Motor Sich

Motor Sich

Motor Sich is an airline based in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. It operates passenger and cargo services, including charter and scheduled flights. Its main base is Zaporizhia International Airport....

, located at Zaporozhye Airport

Zaporizhia International Airport

Zaporizhia International Airport is the international airport that serves Zaporizhia, Ukraine one of three airfields around the city. The aircraft engine factory Motor Sich has its base here....

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High-bypass turbofans

• Lotarev / Progress D-18T
• Lotarev D-36
• Progress D-436
  Progress D-436
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Ivchenko-Progress D-436 , Aero-engines - Turbofan.Jane's. http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Aero-Engines/Ivchenko-Progress-D-436-Ukraine.html. Retrieved Aug 12 2009....
  
  

External links

• Ivchenko-Progress homepage
• http://www.zmkb.com
• http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Aircraft-Component-Manufacturers/Ivchenko-Progress-ZMKB-Ukraine.html Ivchenko Progress ZMKB at janes.com