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Myasishchev Design Bureau

Myasishchev Design Bureau - named after General Designer Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev - is the successor and continuer of the preceding design offices headed by the outstanding designer.

Since 1934 till 1937 under the guidance of A. Tupolev, V. Myasishchev was engaged in the development of TB-1, TB-3, ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" aircraft and ANT-41 torpedo carrier. Since 1937 he managed works on alteration of DC-3 license aircraft documentation for domestic series production. In 1938 without any grounds V.Myasishchev was subject to repressions, and the produced aircraft got the name Li-2.

Within 1938-1943 V. Myasishchev developed the design of a long-range, high altitude bomber DVB-102 and carried out its flight tests.

Since 1943 till 1946 V. Myasishchev took over liabilities of the perished V. Petliakov and headed the development and manufacture of the improved versions of a diving bomber Pe-2. In 1946 that design bureau was dissolved.

Since 1946 till 1951 V. Myasishchev was engaged in teaching in Moscow Aviation Institute.

On March 24, 1951 V. Myasishchev organized the design bureau OKB-23 and on expiration of one year and 10 months a strategic bomber M-4 took off having outrun the rate of development of an American bomber B-52 that had the similar purpose. Since 1956 production of 3M strategic bomber modification (NATO reporting name-Bison), optimization of a new inflight "boom and drogue" refuelling system were initiated.

At the end of the 50s a supersonic strategic aircraft M-50 (Bounder) was developed, as to its technology design it was ahead of the time, but in 1960 the design bureau of V.Myasishchev was dissolved.

Since 1960 till 1967 V.Myasishchev headed the Central Aero-Hydrodynamic institute named after N.Zhukovsky.

In 1967 on the base of the Flight test base of the former OKB-23 V. Myasishchev organized a new design bureau called Experimental Design Bureau. Here under his guidance VM-T Atlant aviation transportation system was developed that ensured the delivery of sections of Energia launch vehicle and Buran space shuttle orbiter to Baikonur cosmodrome. Simultaneously the design bureau developed the cabin for Buran space shuttle orbiter and performed its flight tests in manual and automatic control modes.

At that time MDB was also developing a high altitude subsonic M-17 Stratosphere aircraft with a high lift supercritical wing which ensured high altitude flying and setting of 25 world records.

In 1986 Valery Konstantinovich Novikov, who was earlier invited by V.Myasishchev from the scientific and industrial enterprise Energia, became the head of the Experimental Design Bureau which got the name of Myasishchev after his death.

In 1988 already a new twin engine aircraft M-55 Geophysica (manufacturer - Smolensky Aircraft Building Plant) took off which set up 16 world records. While loitering at altitudes over 20 km M-55 aircraft is able to perform an effective monitoring and is offered for lease.

On March 31, 1995 M-101T Gzhel business class aircraft made its first flight (manufacturer - Nizhni Novgorod Aircraft Building Plant "Sokol"). To the present moment Gzhel aircraft, developed in compliance with the international certification requirements, is put into series production.

CONTACT: Russia, 140180,
Moscow region,
Zhukovsky-5, Narkomvod
Phone: (095) 912-60-41, 556-77-76
Fax:      (095) 728-41-30, 556-55-83
E-mail: mdb@mail.sitek.ru