Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company (NPO) 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).

Vympel
FormerlyOKB-134
Company typeJoint Stock Company
IndustryDefence
Founded1949
Headquarters,
Russia
ProductsMissiles, Anti-ballistic missiles, Anti-aircraft missile systems
Revenue$649 million[1] (2014)
ParentTactical Missiles Corporation
Websitevympelmkb.com

History

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Vympel started out after World War II as OKB-134, with Ivan I. Toropov [ru] 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 [ru].[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

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Air-to-air missiles

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Air-to-surface missiles

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Surface-to-air missiles

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2016/05/5716c2249a79472b85254179. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2006-02-26.
  5. ^ Palms & Company Document - Russia's 200 largest industries available for merger - acquisition

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