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Beriev

The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (Russian: Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1932Founded1
  • Industryaircraft construction, aviation1
  • HeadquartersTaganrog1
  • Founded inTaganrog1
  • Websitewww.beriev.com
  • Legal formopen joint-stock company1

The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (Russian: Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им. Г. М. Бериева, lit. 'Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific Technical Complex'), formerly Beriev Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft.2

The story

Founded by Georgy Beriev in 1932, in Taganrog.1

Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev founded the design bureau that bears his name at Taganrog in 1932. The traditional focus of the Beriyev Design Bureau has been the development of seaplanes for military and civilian use. The Bureau was moved to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1942 to avoid destruction in World War II, and returned to Taganrog in 1945. In November 1989, Beriev became the only defense industry enterprise to win the Prize for Quality awarded by the Soviet Government.

From Wikipedia’s article on Beriev, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • airplane

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Aircraft

Beriev MBR-2/MP-1, multi-purpose flying boat, 1935

Beriev Be-2/KOR-1/KR-2, reconnaissance seaplane, 1936; NATO codename "Mote"

Beriev Be-4, reconnaissance seaplane, 1940

Beriev MBR-7, prototype short-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat, 1937

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Beriev MDR-5, long-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat, 1938

Beriev B-10, high-speed fighter project, 1939

Beriev Be-4/KOR-2, parasol-wing flying boat, 1940; NATO codename "Mug"

Beriev Be-5/KOR-3, three-seat, single engine, catapult-launched seaplane, not built

Beriev MDR-8, unbuilt long-range reconnaissance aircraft, 1939

Beriev MDRT, long-range maritime reconnaissance/torpedo bomber, 1940

Beriev BB-282F, twin-engine armored bomber, 1942

Beriev MDR-10, long-range maritime reconnaissance, 1942

Beriev LL-143, prototype twin-engine flying boat, precursor of Be-6, 1945

Beriev Be-8, passenger/liaison amphibian, 1947; NATO codename "Mole" or "Mode"

Beriev Printsessa, projected large six-engine passenger/patrol flying boat, 1947

Beriev Be-6, flying boat used for firefighting duty, 1949; NATO codename "Madge"

Beriev R-1, experimental jet-powered flying boat, 1952

Beriev Be-1, prototype wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft, 1956

Beriev Be-10/M-10, jet-engined flying boat, 1956; NATO codename "Mallow"

Beriev Be-12/M-12 Chayka, Amphibious aircraft, similar in function to the Canadair CL-415, used for anti-submarine warfare, based upon the Be-6, 1960; NATO codename "Mail"

Beriev Be-16, heavy military transport project, 1959

An-Be-20, projected 1960s trijet regional airliner developed in cooperation with Antonov; cancelled in favor of the Yakovlev Yak-40

Beriev S-13, a clone of the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane, 1961.

Beriev Be-24, amphibious airliner project, 1963

Beriev Be-26, projected amphibious ASW aircraft

Beriev Be-30, light single-engine airliner project, 1965

Beriev Be-32, VTOL aircraft in various configurations, 1965

Beriev Be-30, regional airliner and utility transport aircraft, 1967; NATO codename "Cuff"

Beriev Be-40, airliner project, 1968

Antonov An-30, aerial cartography development of the Antonov An-24, 1971

Bartini Beriev VVA-14, an amphibious anti-submarine aircraft, only prototypes were produced, 1972

Beriev Be-32, a multipurpose airplane meant for cargo/passenger transport, patrol and expeditions. Modernized version of Be-30, 1976

Tupolev Tu-142MR, Tu-142MK's modified by Beriev as submarine communications relay aircraft, 1977

Beriev A-50 Shmel, a modified Ilyushin Il-76 modified into an AWACS role, 1985; NATO codename "Mainstay"

Beriev A-60, an Ilyushin Il-76 converted into an airborne laser laboratory, 1981

Beriev A-40 Albatros, the largest multipurpose amphibian airplane in the world, 1986; NATO codename "Mermaid". Cancelled due to the breakup of the Soviet Union, but later revived as the A-42.

Beriev A-42 Albatros, prototype SAR variant of A-40, 1990. Combined with the A-44 in 1993 to form a multi-role aircraft. Prototype finished in 2006 and an R&D agreement signed by the Defense Ministry, but was cancelled in 2011. In 2019, the Russian Navy announced an order for three A-42s.

Beriev A-44, military patrol version of A-42, 1990. Combined with the A-42 in 1993.

Beriev Be-112 proposed twin-engined propeller amphibian airplane, 1995

Beriev Be-103 Bekas, a light amphibian, intended for passenger transport, medical aid, patrol and tourism, 1997

Beriev Be-200 Altair, a large multipurpose amphibian airplane, 1998

Beriev Be-115, amphibious aircraft project, 1999

Beriev A-100, a modified Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A AWACS that will succeed the A-50 and A-50U, 2017

Beriev Be-101 proposed single-engine light amphibian

Beriev Be-2500 Neptun, a proposed super-heavy amphibian cargo aircraft with a max takeoff weight of 2500 metric tons (planned)

Operation

Be-200 (Irkut Corporation), Be-103 (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant) are produced here.

In 2007 the company's revenue amounted to 1.616 billion rubles (in 2006 — 2.011 billion rubles), net profit — 14.148 million rubles (182.777 million rubles).

In 2008 revenue (excluding VAT) amounted to 1.893 billion rubles (foreign market) and 939 million rubles (domestic market). Profit from sales — 275 million rubles.

In April 2011 JSC TAVIA was joined to JSC Beriev TANTK.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded OKB-491

Timeline

  1. 1932Founded Founded in Taganrog1

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