Vympel NPO

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).

This article is about the Russian defence company. For the Russian ship design company of the same name, see Vympel Design Bureau.
Vympel
Formerly
OKB-134
Joint Stock Company
IndustryDefence
Founded1949
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
ProductsMissiles, Anti-ballistic missiles, Anti-aircraft missile systems
Revenue$649 million[1] (2014)
ParentTactical Missiles Corporation
Websitevympelmkb.com

History

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

Air-to-air missiles
  • 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 "Arrow")
  • R-40 (AA-6 'Acrid')
  • R-60 (AA-8 "Aphid")
  • R-73 (AA-11 "Archer")
  • R-77 (AA-12 "Adder")

Air-to-surface missiles

Surface-to-air missiles

References
  1. http://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2016/05/5716c2249a79472b85254179.
  2. Aviation.ru - GosMKB «Vympel» Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Federation of American Scientists - AA-1 ALKALI Archived 2005-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. eDefense blog - 25 years of service of Russian Kh-29 missile
  5. Palms & Company Document - Russia's 200 largest industries available for merger - acquisition


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