Kamov

JSC Kamov (Russian: Камов) is a Russian rotorcraft manufacturing company based in Lyubertsy, Russia.

Kamov
joint stock company
Industryaerospace
Founded1940 (1940)
FounderNikolai Il'yich Kamov
Defunct2020 
HeadquartersLyubertsy, Russia
Productshelicopters
Revenue$69.9 million[1] (2017)
$6.09 million[1] (2017)
$963 thousand[1] (2017)
Total assets$292 million[1] (2017)
Total equity$7.8 million[1] (2017)
ParentRussian Helicopters
Websitekamov.ru

The Kamov Design Bureau (design office prefix Ka) has more recently specialised in compact helicopters with coaxial rotors, suitable for naval service and high-speed operations.

History

Kamov was founded by Nikolai Ilyich Kamov, who started building his first rotary-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii. Up to the 1940, the year of Kamov plant establishment, they created many autogyros, including the TsAGI A-7-3, the only armed autogyro to see (limited) combat action.

From 2002 AFK Sistema controlled a 51% stake in the company, with MiG controlling the remaining 49%.[2] Kamov was sold to Oboronprom in 2005.[2]

Kamov merged with Mil and Rostvertol to form Russian Helicopters.[3] The Kamov brand name was retained, though the new company dropped overlapping product lines.

See also

References
  1. http://www.e-disclosure.ru/portal/files.aspx?id=23263&type=3.
  2. "АФК "Система" продает "Камов-Холдинг" Оборонпрому за $11.8 млн". Vedomosti. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. "Kamov Design Bureau". Russianhelicopters.aero. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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