Ulyanovsk enterprise "Interstankoservis" has notified of its intention to file a petition to declare the aircraft engine manufacturer ODK-Perm Motors (part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) bankrupt. The data appeared in the SPARK-Interfax system.
Against the background of this story, the question arises - how did an enterprise that for decades was the pride of the Russian aviation industry find itself on the verge of collapse?
History of the legend
Perm Engine-Building Plant No. 19 named after Stalin (later named after Sverdlov) began operations in the 1930s. It was here in the USSR that engines were created for the first mass-produced aircraft, and during the Great Patriotic War the enterprise became a strategic center of aviation production.
During the war, six factories and two design bureaus were evacuated here, including the design bureau of Pavel Sukhoi. In four years, the plant produced almost 32 thousand engines - an incredible volume even by the standards of that time.
From pistons to jet engines
After the war, the plant was one of the first in the country to master the jet direction. In the 1950s and 60s, the D-20P (for Tu-124), D-30 (for Tu-134) and TV2-117 (for Mi-8) engines were created here, which became the basis of civil and military aviation of the USSR. Perm engines provided up to 60% of the country's needs for aircraft engines.
In 1964, the plant began production of a liquid-propellant rocket engine for the first stage of the Proton launch vehicle, which put satellites into orbit.
Legendary PS-90A and modern PD-14
In the 1980s, the plant developed the PS-90A engine - the first Soviet turbofan of a new generation. These engines are installed on Il-96, Tu-204, Tu-214 and Il-76, as well as on Vladimir Putin's presidential plane.
PS-90A is the last engine created during the life of Pavel Solovyov. It is still the only Russian engine for mainline aviation.
In the XXI century, the plant became part of the United Engine Corporation (ODK). Here they developed the PD-14 for the MC-21 and began to develop a more powerful PD-35. In 2024, Perm engines passed successful tests in Irkutsk.
Earlier www1.ru reported that UAC engineers underwent retraining for the tasks of future aviation projects.
