Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company based near Moscow, mostly known for their air-to-air missiles. Other projects include SAM and ABM defenses. It was started in the Soviet era as an OKB (experimental design bureau).
 | |
 | |
| Formerly | OKB-134 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Joint Stock Company |
| Industry | Defence |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Products | Missiles, Anti-ballistic missiles, Anti-aircraft missile systems |
| Revenue | $649 million[1] (2014) |
| Parent | Tactical Missiles Corporation |
| Website | vympelmkb |
History edit
Vympel started out after World War II as OKB-134, with Ivan I. Toropov leading the team. The first product they designed was the K-7 missile.[2] 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 Andrey Lyapin.[3] 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.[4]
In 1992 the GosMKB Vympel got started on the basis of the OKB[5] and in 1994 Sokolovski became the director of development at the company.
In May 2004 the Tactical Missiles Corporation was formed and Vympel became a part of it, as the design and development facility.
Notable projects edit
Air-to-air missiles edit
- 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 "Axehead")
- R-40 (AA-6 'Acrid')
- R-60 (AA-8 "Aphid")
- R-73 (AA-11 "Archer")
- R-77 (AA-12 "Adder")
Air-to-surface missiles edit
- Kh-29 (AS-13 "Kedge")
- Terra-3 laser
Surface-to-air missiles edit
- 3M9 SA missile (SA-6 "Gainful") for Kub missile system.
- ABM-1 Galosh
References edit
- ^ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
- ^ Aviation.ru - GosMKB «Vympel» Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Federation of American Scientists - AA-1 ALKALI Archived 2005-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "eDefense blog - 25 years of service of Russian Kh-29 missile". Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2006-02-26.
- ^ Palms & Company Document - Russia's 200 largest industries available for merger - acquisition
External links edit
- «Vympel NPO» official site (in Russian)
 | This aeronautical company–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |