Aviastar-SP

Designed from scratch in the early 1970s to produce a new generation of strategic bombers, the Ulyanovsk Aviation Production Complex (renamed Aviastar in November 1991 when it became a joint stock enterprise) is said to be the largest aviation production facility in the world and one of the newest in Russia. In 2007, 1.25% of Aviastar-SP capital has been injected into United Aircraft Corporation by the Russian Federation. == Operation ==

Aviastar-SP JSC, together with JSC IL and UAC-Transport Aircraft, is implementing a project to produce the Il-76MD-90A heavy transport aircraft, a modification of the Il-76 aircraft. Significant changes have been made to the design of the new aircraft: the wing and center section structures have been modernized, the landing gear has been strengthened, and upgraded engines have been installed. The on-board electronic and navigation system has been significantly changed, which includes modern digital equipment. The company is producing a promising Il-78M-90A tanker based on the IL-76. Ministry of Defence of Russia plans to use the aircraft not only for refueling aircraft, but also for transporting goods and extinguishing fires. It will be a fundamentally new aircraft. Aviastar-SP JSC performs maintenance and deep modernization of aircraft An-124 Ruslan. Aviastar-SP JSC participates in cooperation on the production of a promising medium-haul passenger aircraft MC-21. The main components manufactured by Aviastar-SP JSC are: assembly wing root and plumage, manufacture of hatches and doors, fuselage panels, F5 compartment, APU compartment, high-resource pipeline, interior installation. Together with the Voronezh Aviation Plant, Aviastar-SP JSC participates in a new large-scale project to prepare the production of a light transport aircraft Il-112. According to the cooperation, Aviastar-SP JSC produces panels for fuselage compartments F-1, F-2, F-3, hatches and doors. Aviastar-SP JSC participates in the implementation of the Il-114-300 Regional Aircraft project: fuselage panels for IL-114-300 (skin, stringers, rims, compensators), hatches and doors are assembled at the Aviastar-SP JSC site. == Owners and management ==

The leaders of UAPK—Aviastar: • Systsov Apollon Sergeevich (1975-1980) — the first General director of the UPAC; • Abdulin Fen Zagidovich (1980-1985); • Mikhail Prokofievich Pilnik (1986-1990); • Mikhailov Viktor Vasilyevich (1990—1997); • Gennady Ivanovich Korotnev (1997-2000); • Ryazanov Yuri Viktorovich (2001); • Mikhailov Viktor Vasilyevich (2001-2008); • Mikhail Nikolaevich Shushpanov (2008-2010); • Sergey Gennadievich Dementiev (2010-2016); • Since March 2016 Andrey Anatolyevich Kapustin has been Managing Director of Aviastar-SP; • Since January 2017 Sergey Yurasov has been Managing Director of Aviastar-SP; • Since May 3, 2018 Vasily Nikolaevich Dontsov has been appointed Acting Managing Director of Aviastar-SP JSC; • Since September 2020 Sergey Konstantinovich Sheremetov has been Managing Director of Aviastar-SP JSC, and V. V. Nikulin has been Chairman of the Board of Directors. ==References==