UEC-Perm Engines

UEC-Perm Engines, historically known as Perm Engine Plant or Perm Motor Plant, is an engineering and manufacturing company based in Perm, Russia. It is part of United Engine Corporation, the Russian engine-industry group, and is associated with the production of aircraft and helicopter engines, helicopter transmission equipment, rocket-engine components, gas-turbine power equipment, and other machinery. The company is one of the major engine-manufacturing plants inherited from the Soviet aviation-industrial system. The Perm operation is closely associated with Aviadvigatel, the Perm-based engine design bureau formerly known as the Soloviev Engine Design Bureau. This relationship links the manufacturing plant with a substantial family of Soviet and Russian propulsion programs. Its historical production record includes radial piston engines developed under Arkhip Lyulka and Arkhip Shvetsov-associated programs, as well as Soloviev turbofan and turboshaft engines. These engines powered a broad range of Soviet aircraft and helicopters, including the Tupolev Tu-124, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-154, Ilyushin Il-62, Ilyushin Il-76, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31, Mil Mi-6, and Mil Mi-10. The company’s modern aerospace portfolio is centered on the PS-90 engine family and newer Aviadvigatel programs. PS-90 variants have been used on several Russian aircraft types, including versions of the Ilyushin Il-76 and Il-96, the Beriev A-50, and the Tupolev Tu-204 and Tu-214. The plant’s broader manufacturing role also covers helicopter engines and gearboxes, including programs intended to support Russian helicopter propulsion needs. The cited product portfolio includes the PD-12 turboshaft upgrade program for the Mil Mi-26, the PS-12, AI-20D, and PS-30 engine families, together with development work on larger turbofans such as the PD-18R and PD-30. Beyond aviation, UEC-Perm Engines manufactures or supports gas-turbine installations for industrial and energy applications. Products and development programs listed for the company include the GP-2, GTE-25P, GTU-12P, GTU-16P, GTU-30P, GTA-14, GTU-32P, and larger industrial gas-turbine units. These systems are based on or related to aircraft-engine technologies such as the PS-90 and D-30, allowing the company to apply aerospace propulsion expertise to power-generation and industrial machinery. The company’s positioning is therefore broader than that of an aircraft-engine assembly plant. It combines serial manufacturing, engine modernization, propulsion-system development, industrial gas-turbine production, and support for legacy Soviet and Russian platforms. Its product history spans piston engines, turbofans, turboshafts, helicopter power systems, rocket-related equipment, and stationary or marine gas turbines. The available reference material does not specify a founding year, individual founder, financial results, public listing, executive roster, or current production volumes. Accordingly, those details are not asserted here.

UEC-Perm Engines is a Perm-based engine-manufacturing enterprise whose identity is rooted in the Soviet and Russian aviation-engine industry. The plant is described as one of the leading aircraft-engine factories of the former USSR. Its industrial role developed around the manufacture of propulsion systems designed by associated Soviet engine bureaux, most notably the bureau now known as Aviadvigatel and formerly identified with the Soloviev design tradition. The historical product record includes a substantial range of Shvetsov piston engines. The listed families include the ASh-2, ASh-21, ASh-62 or M-62, ASh-73, ASh-82 or M-82, ASh-83, ASh-84, M-11, M-22, M-25, M-63, M-64, M-70, M-71, M-72, M-80, and M-81. These programs reflect the plant’s role in the mass production and support of engines used across Soviet aviation. The factory later became closely associated with Soloviev-designed turbine engines, extending its manufacturing base from piston propulsion into turbofan and turboshaft technologies. Among the cited Soloviev products are the D-20 turbofan, used on the Tupolev Tu-124, and the D-25 turboshaft, used on the Mil Mi-6 and Mil Mi-10 helicopters. The D-30 family became especially significant. Its applications included the Tupolev Tu-134A-3, Tu-134A-5 and Tu-134B, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31, the Ilyushin Il-62, several Il-76 variants, the Beriev A-40, and the Tupolev Tu-154. This history made the Perm plant an important manufacturing center for propulsion systems used in civil aviation, military aircraft, and heavy helicopters. In the modern period, the company has been associated with United Engine Corporation and has continued to manufacture and support Russian aviation propulsion. The PS-90 turbofan is a central product family. Its applications include variants of the Ilyushin Il-76 and Il-96, the Beriev A-50, and the Tupolev Tu-204 and Tu-214. The company’s listed portfolio also includes AI-20D, PS-30, PS-12, and development or upgrade programs such as the PD-12 turboshaft for the Mil Mi-26 and the PD-14 turbofan intended for the Irkut MC-21. A second major direction is industrial power generation. The plant’s gas-turbine portfolio includes the GP-2, GPA-5.5, GTE-25P, GTU-12P, GTU-16P, GTU-30P, GTA-14, GTU-32P, and other units in the roughly 30-to-40-megawatt class, as well as larger units identified in the reference material as GTE180, GTE160, GT100, and GTE65. Several systems draw on aircraft-engine architectures, including PS-90 and D-30 derivatives. The company is also associated with marine gas-turbine development and with broader industrial machinery production. The cited development pipeline includes the PD-24, PD-28, and PD-35 turbofan families, along with additional 30- and 40-megawatt gas turbines and marine gas-turbine systems. The available material does not provide reliable dates for the company’s formation, individual product launches, ownership changes, executive appointments, financial performance, or specific corporate decisions. Those omissions are retained rather than supplemented with unverified claims.

Aerospace and industrial propulsion manufacturer serving aircraft, helicopter, energy, and related machinery programs.

• PS-90 engine familyAircraft turbofan engines

  The PS-90 is a major Russian turbofan family associated with UEC-Perm Engines and the Aviadvigatel design organization. Listed applications include variants of the Ilyushin Il-76 and Il-96, the Beriev A-50, and Tupolev Tu-204 and Tu-214 aircraft. Derivatives of the family are also used as the basis for stationary gas-turbine equipment and other industrial power units.

• Aviadvigatel PD-14Aircraft turbofan engine

  The PD-14 is a modern high-bypass turbofan program developed within the Perm engine-design and manufacturing complex. The reference material identifies it as an intended powerplant for the Irkut MC-21. It represents the transition from legacy Soviet engine families toward newer-generation Russian civil-aircraft propulsion.

• Aviadvigatel PD-12Helicopter turboshaft engine

  The PD-12 is identified as a turboshaft upgrade program for the Mil Mi-26. Its stated role is to provide a replacement path for the Ukrainian D-136 engine used by the heavy-lift helicopter. The program illustrates the company’s focus on helicopter propulsion and on developing alternatives for legacy powerplants.

• D-30 engine familyAircraft turbofan and industrial gas-turbine engines

  The D-30 family is one of the major historical propulsion lines associated with the Perm manufacturing complex. Listed aircraft applications include the Tupolev Tu-134, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31, Ilyushin Il-62 and Il-76 variants, Beriev A-40, and Tupolev Tu-154. D-30-derived technologies also support industrial gas-turbine units.

• Industrial gas turbinesIndustrial power-generation equipment

  The company’s industrial portfolio includes gas-turbine generator sets and related units such as GP-2, GPA-5.5, GTE-25P, GTU-12P, GTU-16P, GTU-30P, GTA-14, and GTU-32P. The listed systems span approximately 14 MW to 40 MW classes and include derivatives based on PS-90, D-30, and other turbine technologies. Larger units and marine gas-turbine programs are also identified.

• Shvetsov engine familiesPiston aircraft engines

  The historical Shvetsov portfolio includes the ASh-2, ASh-21, ASh-62 or M-62, ASh-73, ASh-82 or M-82, ASh-83, ASh-84, and numerous M-series engines. These products document the plant’s earlier role in manufacturing Soviet radial piston engines before its increasing emphasis on turbofan, turboshaft, and industrial gas-turbine propulsion.

1. UEC-Perm Engines
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