Ivchenko-Progress

Ivchenko Progress, Formally Ivchenko Lotarev

Company type	Government-linked_companies
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Ukraine
Products	Aircraft engines Gas turbines
Parent	Ukrainian Defense Industry

Ivchenko Progress, formerly Ivchenko Lotarev is a Russian aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft, most notably perhaps by Antonov, Yakovlev and Tupolev.

History

The Company, has been involved for 60 years in the design of engines to power aircraft and helicopters of various types, and also drives and special equipment of industrial application. Three notable designers have lead development during this timeframe.
Namely:
1945 – 1968 – Alexander Gheorghievich Ivchenko;
1968 – 1989 – Vladimir Alexeevich Lotarev;
since 1989 – Fyodor Mikhailovich Muravchenko.

Initially general Alexander Gheorghievich Ivchenko designed piston engines. These engines were denoted AI (“AI”-Alexander Ivchenko). Work on their first turbine engine, the TS-12, began in 1953. Since the beginning of 1960s the company have been developing bypass gas turbine engines. Under the direction of Vladimir Lotarev, the organization developed the first operational Soviet high-bypass turbofans, the Lotarev "D-36" in 1971.

Present Day

This organization is now known as Ivchenko Progress and is based in the Ukraine. Their engines are operated successfully by numerous airlines around the world, amongst them: Volga-Dnieper, Antonov Airlines, Anymex, and Polyot.

External Links

• http://www.ivchenko-progress.com/ Ivchenko-Progress