Irkutsk Aviation Plant - the legend of domestic aircraft building

The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (former plant No. 39) produces military aircraft from the Sukhoi Design Bureau, including fighter jets for China, India, Malaysia, Venezuela, Algeria and Indonesia. Systems and units for the Airbus concern are produced, and a project for the production of a passenger aircraft is in operation. The enterprise included the Irkut corporation. Irkutsk Aviation Plant specializes in military and civil aircraft construction, modernization of military equipment, as well as on warranty and post-warranty servicing of aircraft after sale. During the last 3 years, the enterprise has consistently demonstrated an increase in production and sales of products.

The Irkutsk Aviation Plant has an active personnel policy. The number of jobs for city residents increases every year. One of the objects of pride for its city among Irkutsk residents is the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. How to get to it, anyone will tell you. From the airport there is a bus route № 43.

History of the Aviation Plant

In 1932, on the orders of the People's Commissar of Heavy Industry, the construction of a plant for the production of aircraft No. 125 near Irkutsk was started. And only after 3 years the first-born of the enterprise-the I-14 fighter-was launched into the sky, which was developed by P. Sukhoi 's department from the Tupolev Design Bureau. In the fall of 1941, the Moscow Aviation Enterprise No. 39 named after Vyacheslav Menzhinsky was evacuated to the territory. There was a merger of two plants, and from 19.12.1941 the enterprise was named "Plant No. 39 named after Joseph Stalin". In May 1975, the company received its current name - the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. In 1976, the enterprise was awarded the Order of the October Revolution.

Products of the enterprise in the Soviet era

Irkutsk specialists cooperated with all the design bureaus of the USSR. High-speed bombers of the Tupolev SB satellites, Pe-2 and Pe-3 planes of Petlyakovsky KB, ER-2 of Yermolovo, TU-2 and TU-16, IL, YAKi, several models of ANOV, MIG-23UB and MIG27, SU-27UB and SU30. All the products of the Irkutsk aviation plant are 20 types of aircraft and their modifications. In total, until 1992, 6,500 units were produced. Deliveries were made to 37 countries.

The History of the Aviation Plant in New Russia

In 1992 the enterprise passed the process of privatization. Next - corporatization and registration, and in the industry appeared "Irkutsk Aviation Plant" (OJSC). In 1997, the enterprise received a conclusion on the conformity of the quality of products to the ISO-9202 standard. And in 10 years the plant became a subdivision of the Irkut corporation. Contracts were signed for the supply of SU-27-UB and SU-30-MK abroad. Successful fulfillment of obligations has opened the enterprise wide opportunities in the international market. Contracts for deliveries abroad before 2015 of military equipment, amphibious aircraft and gyroplanes A-002 have been concluded. To date, the company's products are supplied to Russia, India, France, Germany, Algeria and Malaysia.

Accidents of modern times

For the period since 1992, the aircraft produced from the stalks of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant suffered two catastrophes. The first occurred in December 1997. Transport aircraft TU-124-100, belonging to the Air Force of the Russian Federation, rose from the runway of the enterprise. 3 of the 4 engines failed. The plane fell to the area where the employees of the enterprise lived. As a result of the accident, 72 people were killed. On the site of one of the houses a church was built.

Another disaster occurred in December 2007. The cargo plane AN-12 followed the route Novosibirsk-Irkutsk. On board were 6 crew members and 3 passengers. The plane fell on the warehouses of the Ministry of Defense. All the people on board were killed.

Technical capabilities

Irkutsk Aviation Plant annually is technically re-equipped for tens of millions of dollars. The enterprise has modern equipment, end-to-end technologies are used, which have numerous unique developments. In the production processes, original methods for processing titanium alloys are used. Large-size panels are manufactured with the help of shot-beat formatting, high-speed machining, lumpecting, galvanic coating of parts and much more are used. Irkut Corporation was recognized the best exporter of Russia in the "Aircraft Building" category for three consecutive years. It is one of the leading companies in the industry. Irkutsk Aviation Plant carries out all stages of work on the creation of aircraft: designing, preparing production facilities, manufacturing, testing and maintenance of equipment throughout its life cycle.

The future of the Irkutsk aircraft plant

The company is gradually diversifying its products, focusing on civil aircraft construction. To date, the project is developing the production of the main aircraft MS-21. It is destined to replace the TU-154. The project is working 2 KB - Yakovlev and Ilyushin. It is with this aircraft that the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and the Irkut Corporation are linking their most distant prospects. Each year, the company spends about 30 million rubles to upgrade the qualifications of its employees: workers, engineers, managers and technicians. Irkutsk Aviation Plant is the youngest in the industry. The average age of the staff does not exceed 39 years. The portfolio of contracts, including abroad, is growing every year. The position of the company is stable and extremely stable, which makes it possible to make plans for the long term.