Private company

KhAZ

Logo: Харківське державне авіаційне виробниче підприємство, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company

Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company or Kharkiv Aviation Factory (KSAMC or KhAZ; Ukrainian: Ха́рківське держа́вне авіаці́йне виробни́че підприємс́тво) is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company. During the Soviet era, the plant was known as Aircraft Production Plant 135 and the Central Intelligence Agency classified it as Kharkiv Airframe Plant 135.2 It is part of Ukrainian Defense Industry.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1926Founded1
  • Industryaircraft industry1
  • HeadquartersХарків1
  • Websitewww.ksamc.com
  • Legal formstate-owned enterprise1

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Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company or Kharkiv Aviation Factory (KSAMC or KhAZ; Ukrainian: Ха́рківське держа́вне авіаці́йне виробни́че підприємс́тво) is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company. During the Soviet era, the plant was known as Aircraft Production Plant 135 and the Central Intelligence Agency classified it as Kharkiv Airframe Plant 135.2

Corporate structure

KhAZ is part of a group headed by Ukrainian Defense Industry. 36 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

KhAZ was established on September 17, 1926, following the foundation of Kharkiv aircraft repair facilities, which had been established in 1923. These facilities were originally constructed by the German aviation company Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG prior to Adolf Hitler's rise to power. This undertaking was part of Weimar Germany's strategy to conceal its military cooperation with the Soviet Union, aiming to circumvent the limitations imposed on the German Armed Forces by the Treaty of Versailles.

The manufacturing facility has its own aerodrome, known as Kharkiv North Airport (ICAO: UKHV), alternatively recognized as Kharkiv Sokilnyky Airport.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Fighters

Grigorovich I-Z

Grigorovich IP-1

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Sukhoi Su-2

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Trainer

Yakovlev Yak-18

Transport

Antonov An-72

Antonov An-74

Antonov An-140

Passenger

Kalinin K-2

Kalinin K-3

Kalinin K-4

Kalinin K-5

Tupolev Tu-104

Tupolev Tu-124

Tupolev Tu-134

Tupolev Tu-141

Ultralight

KhAZ ViS-3

Experimental

Kalinin K-7

Kharkiv KhAI-1

Kharkiv KhAI-4

Kharkiv KhAI-5

From Wikipedia’s article on Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1926Founded Founded1

Sources

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