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Polikarpov Design Bureau
IndustryAerospace
FoundedMoscow, Russia
Defunct30 July 1944 (1944-07-30)
FateAbsorbed into Lavochkin
Successor
Key people
Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov
ProductsAircraft

Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB (design bureau) for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov. Dux Factory was acquired by the USSR and became part of Polikarpov.

Polikarpov I-5

After the death of Polikarpov on 30 July 1944 at the age of 52, his OKB was absorbed into Lavochkin, but with some of its engineers going to Mikoyan-Gurevich and its production facilities going to Sukhoi. For a long time the Polikarpov OKB headquarters were located at Aircraft plant #1 (formerly Dux Factory) in Moscow, where its purpose-built building still stands.

Designs

Polikarpov designs:

Bombers

Fighters

Ground attack

Reconnaissance

Airliners/transport

Trainers

References

  1. ^ "PM-2 floatplane by Polikarpov and Munzel".