Vympel started out after
World War II as
OKB-134, with leading the team. The first product they designed was the
K-7 missile. 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 . 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. In 1992, the GosMKB Vympel got started on the basis of the OKB 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==