Ivchenko-Progress

Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB
ЗМКБ «Прогрес» ім. О.Г.Івченка

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Company type	State enterprise
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1945 (1945)
Headquarters	Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Products	designs and blueprints for aircraft engines and Gas turbines

Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB (Ukrainian: Запорізьке машинобудівне конструкторське бюро «Прогрес» ім. О.Г.Івченка, Zaporizhzhia Machine-Building Design Bureau "Progress" State Enterprise named after Academician O.H.Ivchenko), previously known as OKB-478 and Ivchenko Lotarev, is a government design bureau based in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, specializing in the development of aircraft engine designs. Its products are extensively utilized in both civilian and military aviation, notably by manufacturers such as Antonov, Beriev, Ilyushin, Tupolev, Mil, and Yakovlev. The bureau maintains a close collaboration with Motor Sich, the turbine producer also located in Zaporizhzhia, which manufactures these engines.

The Polish company PZL-Mielec incorporated the Progress ZMKB AI-25TL engine into its PZL M-15 Belphegor agricultural aircraft. Additionally, the world's largest airplane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, along with the largest helicopter, the Mil Mi-26, are powered by engines developed by Progress/Lotarev.

Management of the design bureau falls under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Defense Industry and the Ministry of Industrial Policy.

History

For over six decades, this enterprise has specialized in designing propulsion systems for various types of airplanes and helicopters, as well as creating drives and specialized equipment for industrial uses.

Throughout its history, three prominent engineers have guided its development:

• 1945–1968: Oleksandr Heorhiiovych Ivchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Георгійович Івченко) (Oleksandr Georgijovych Ivchenko)
• 1968–1989: Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Lotaryev (Ukrainian: Володимир Олексійович Лотарєв) (Volodmyr Oleksijovych Lotarev)
• 1989–2010: Fedir Mykhailovych Muravchenko (Ukrainian: Федір Михайлович Муравченко)
• 2010–present: Ihor Fedorovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Федорович Кравченко)

At its inception, General Oleksandr Ivchenko was responsible for designing piston engines, which were designated AI. The bureau initiated work on its first turbine engine, the TS-12, in 1953. From the early 1960s onward, it focused on developing bypass gas turbine engines. Under Volodymyr Lotarev’s leadership, the bureau produced the Soviet Union’s first operational high-bypass turbofan engines, specifically the Lotarev D-36 model introduced in 1971.

Currently operating under the name Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB in Ukraine, their engine designs are utilized successfully by numerous airlines globally, including operators such as Volga-Dnepr, Antonov Airlines, Enimex, and Polet Flight.

In January 2015, Austria’s Diamond Aircraft announced the maiden flight of its Diamond DA50-JP7 aircraft powered by a 465 hp AI-450S turboprop engine developed jointly by Ukraine's Motor Sich JSC and Ivchenko-Progress. Nevertheless, Diamond later achieved EASA certification for its DA50 RG model equipped with a Continental CD-300 engine in September 2020, followed by FAA certification in July 2023.

The Turkish strategic unmanned aerial vehicle, the Akinci, is equipped with these engines and is capable of reaching altitudes up to 40,000 feet.

Production

In line with Soviet-era practices, the design phase remains distinct from manufacturing. A significant portion of the bureau’s engine designs have been or continue to be manufactured by Motor Sich, which operates at Zaporizhzhia International Airport.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

• The "Slavutych" sanatorium located in Andriivka (within Mykhailivka rural municipality, Vilnyansk Raion)
• The "Perl" beach resort situated close to Prymorsk

Turbofan Engines

• Ivchenko AI-25
• Lotarev DV-2
• Progress AI-22
• Progress AI-222
• Ivchenko-Progress AI-322
• MS-400

High-Bypass Turbofans

• Lotarev / Progress D-18T
• Lotarev D-36
• Progress D-436

Propfan Engines

• Progress D-27
• Progress D-236

Turboprop Engines

• Ivchenko AI-20
• Ivchenko AI-24
• Ivchenko-Progress AI-450S / S2
• MS-14
• MS-500

Turboshaft Engines

• Lotarev D-136 / Ivchenko AI-136
• MS-500V

Turbojet Engines

• Ivchenko AI-7
• PBS AI-PBS-350

Reciprocating Engines

• Ivchenko AI-4 flat-four engine, utilized in the Kamov Ka-10
• Ivchenko AI-10 prototype single-row radial with five cylinders; designed for the Yakovlev Yak-20
• Ivchenko AI-14 single-row nine-cylinder radial engine; powered aircraft including the Yakovlev Yak-12, Yakovlev Yak-18, Antonov An-14, as well as the Kamov Ka-15 and Kamov Ka-18 helicopters
• Ivchenko AI-26 single-row seven-cylinder radial; used on the Mil Mi-1

See also

• Motor Sich
• Zorya-Mashproekt, another engine design bureau based in Mykolaiv

External links

• Official Ivchenko-Progress website Archived 2020-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
• https://web.archive.org/web/20101206002205/http://www.zmkb.com/
• Ivchenko Progress ZMKB profile at janes.comTemplate:Fix/category