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ThePJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (Russian:Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им. Г. М. Бериева,lit. 'Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific Technical Complex'), formerlyBeriev Design Bureau, is a Russianaircraft manufacturer (design office prefixBe), specializing inamphibious aircraft.
The company was founded inTaganrog in 1934[citation needed] asOKB-49 byGeorgy Mikhailovich Beriev, and since that time has designed and produced more than 20 different models of aircraft for civilian and military purposes, as well as customized models. Today the company employs some 3000 specialists and is developing and manufacturing amphibious aircraft.
Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev founded the design bureau that bears his name at Taganrog in 1932.[citation needed] The traditional focus of the Beriyev Design Bureau has been the development of seaplanes for military and civilian use. The Bureau was moved to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1942 to avoid destruction in World War II, and returned to Taganrog in 1945.[1] In November 1989, Beriev became the only defense industry enterprise to win the Prize for Quality awarded by the Soviet Government.[2]
Beriev A-60, an Ilyushin Il-76 converted into an airborne laser laboratory, 1981
Beriev A-40Albatros, the largest multipurpose amphibian airplane in the world, 1986; NATO codename "Mermaid". Cancelled due to the breakup of the Soviet Union, but later revived as the A-42.
Beriev A-42Albatros, prototype SAR variant of A-40, 1990. Combined with the A-44 in 1993 to form a multi-role aircraft. Prototype finished in 2006 and an R&D agreement signed by the Defense Ministry, but was cancelled in 2011. In 2019, the Russian Navy announced an order for three A-42s.
Beriev A-44, military patrol version of A-42, 1990. Combined with the A-42 in 1993.
In 2007 the company's revenue amounted to 1.616 billion rubles (in 2006 — 2.011 billion rubles), net profit — 14.148 million rubles (182.777 million rubles).
In 2008 revenue (excluding VAT) amounted to 1.893 billion rubles (foreign market) and 939 million rubles (domestic market). Profit from sales — 275 million rubles.
In April 2011 JSC TAVIA was joined to JSC Beriev TANTK.
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