Central Institute for Aircraft Engines

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The Central Institute for Aircraft Engines (ZIAM) ( Russian Центральный институт авиационного моторостроения , ЦИАМ) in Moscow is the only Russian research institute in the field of aerospace engines . It was founded on December 3, 1930. Today the director is Vladimir A. Skibin.

ZIAM building complex

The activities encompass all areas of an aviation engine, from the basics to development, certification and production. The ZIAM has one of the largest test centers for aircraft engines in the world and is still involved in all Russian aircraft engine and jet engine developments.

history

Since the Soviet Union was completely dependent on imports for aircraft engines in the early days of aviation, the existing activities in the aircraft engine sector were merged in 1930, including the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (ZAGI) and the aerospace division of the NAMI automobile and car engine research institute and the MWFrunse aircraft factory. summarized as the “Institute for Aero Engine Construction” (IAM). In 1932 it was expanded to become the ZIAM and in 1933 was given the nickname " PIBaranow ".

Alexander Mikulin developed the first powerful Soviet aircraft engine at the institute in 1930, the water-cooled 12-cylinder V-engine Mikulin AM-34 . Many others who later became heads of a design office for aircraft engines or jet engines worked here, including Vladimir Klimov and Sergei Tumansky .

After the Second World War, the focus was on building jet engines . On September 16, 1945, the institution was awarded the Order of Lenin .

Head of ZIAM

  • IE Marjamov (1930-1932)
  • II Pobereschski (1932-1934)
  • JJ Petrowski (1934-1936)
  • KI Belyayevsky (1936–1937)
  • AW Kashirin (1938–1942)
  • WI Polikowski (1942–1947)
  • TM Melkumow (1947–1951)
  • ML Kononenko (1952-1954)
  • GP Swishchev (1954–1967)
  • SM Schlachtenko (1967 - ????)

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