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The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (
Russian: Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им. Г. М. Бериева,
lit. 'Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific Technical Complex'), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian
aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in
amphibious aircraft.
The company was founded in
Taganrog in the 1934[citation needed] as
OKB-49 by
Georgy 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-42 Albatros, 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.