The Irkutsk Aviation Plant

The IRKUT Corporation has unified a number of prominent design and manufacturing companies — Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Beriev Aircraft Company, Yakovlev Design Bureau, BETA AIR Company and some others. It is able to conceive, design, build, deploy, and support top-of-the-line aircraft. The IRKUT Corporation’s main products are combat aircraft of the Su-30 family. The Corporation is a prime contractor in manufacturing the Su-30MKI multi-role fighters for the Indian Air Force. The Corporation is also developing and manufacturing Be-200 multipurpose amphibious planes, Yak-130 combat training aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and components for Airbus passenger airliners. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant is the major manufacturing facility of the IRKUT Corporation. This powerful processing center is capable of

implementing a full range of tooling design, production preparation, manufacturing, and after-sales support of various aircraft. Due to advanced quality management system, the Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association was the first enterprise of the Russia's aviation industry to be granted the ISO¹ 9002 Certificate of compliance with the international quality standards in 1997.

Since 1934 this enterprise has been manufacturing aircraft of over twenty types, developed by virtually every aviation design bureau of the USSR and Russia. Aircraft manufactured in Irkutsk were exported to 37 nations worldwide.

Currently, the enterprise implements production manufacturing of the Su-30MK Multirole Combat Aircraft and the Be-200 Multipurpose Amphibian. The Be-200 multipurpose amphibious aircraft is manufactured in series at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. The base firefighting variant of this aircraft was certified in accordance with the domestic airworthiness rules and was granted with the Type Certificate on 15 August 2001. The Be-200ChS aircraft, developed and manufactured for the Russia's Ministry for Emergencies, was granted with the Type Certificate for search-and-rescue operations on 20 June 2003. Currently, the company conducts preparation work in order to ensure certification of the Be-200 aircraft in Europe.

Great attention is paid to development of manufacturing technologies, development and modernization of the production base, with millions USD² invested annually in these areas.

To ensure high reliability of final products, all components and materials are subjected to thorough manufacturing entry tests and inspections. Additionally, the ground-test facility is used for inspection, final tuning and adjustment of avionics and all aircraft systems.

The flight test center is completely suited for carrying out flight tests of aircraft produced, as well as for testing their flight-and-navigation and weapon systems. The team of test pilots possesses vast experience and expertise in testing aircraft of various types in harsh environment and adverse weather conditions.

Notes:

¹ISO – International Organization for Standardization

²USD – US dollar