Matus Ruvimovich Bisnovat (Russian:Матус Рувимович Бисноват, 23 October 1905,Nikopol – 8 November 1977) was a Soviet aircraft and missile designer. Bisnovat attended theMoscow Aviation Institute (MAI), graduating in 1931. In 1938, he headed a research team in Central Aero-Hydrodynamics InstituteTsAGI,Zhukovsky, where several high-speed experimental airplanes were developed, theSK-1,SK-2 andSK-3.[1]
Matus Bisnovat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 October 1905 (1905-10-23) Nikopol,Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 November 1977 (1977-11-09) (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Occupation | Engineer |
From 1942 - 1944 Bisnovat oversaw the development of the "302" rocket/ramjet fighter inNII-3, supervised byAndrey Kostikov.[2] In 1946 he became head of Plant no. 293 and a team of engineers formerly in theOKB-293 ofViktor Bolkhovitinov. There Bisnovat managed some later work on theBereznyak-IsaevBI-1Rocket-powered aircraft. In 1948, with engine designerAleksei Isaev he worked on the supersonic aircraft "Bisnovat 5". In 1952 he developed theinfrared homingair-to-air missileSNARS-250.
Bisnovat fell prey to a 1953antisemitic campaign against "cosmopolitanism" instigated by rivals ofLavrentiy Beria. As a result he was ousted as head of Plant 293.
In 1954 Bisnovat became head of design bureauKB Molniya, where he oversaw the development of air-to-air missilesR-40,R-60 andR-73.
Bisnovat was awarded adoctorate in science in 1965.
He died in 1977 from complications due todiabetes.
Honours and awards
edit- Hero of Socialist Labour (including an Order of Lenin) and the gold medal "Hammer and Sickle" - For his great services to create new types of aircraft armament, and in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in October 1975
- TwoOrders of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Lenin Prize (1966)
- USSR State Prize (1973)
References
edit- ^Gordon, E.; Khazanov, Dmitriĭ (1998).Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War. Midland Pub. p. 17.ISBN 978-1-85780-083-8.
- ^Hendrickx, Bart; Vis, Bert (2007-12-05).Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 8–12.ISBN 978-0-387-73984-7.
External links
edit- (in Russian)Matus Bisnovat at buran.ru
- (in Russian)Matus Bisnovat at testpilot.ru