NPO Energomash
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NPO Energomash "V. P. Glushko" is a major Russian rocket engine manufacturer. The company primarily develops and produces liquid propellant rocket engines. Energomash originates from the Soviet design bureau OKB-456, which was founded in 1946. NPO Energomash acquired its current name on May 15, 1991, in honor of its former chief designer Valentin Glushko.
Native name | НПО Энергомаш имени академика В. П. Глушко |
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Romanized name | NPO Energomash named after “V. P. Glushko” |
Formerly | OKB-456 |
Industry | Aerospace industry Space industry Defense industry Rocket engines |
Founded | (1946; 78 years ago (1946)) Khimki, Soviet Union |
Founder | Valentin Petrovich Glushko |
Headquarters | , |
Products | |
Revenue | $182 million[1] (2016) |
$59.7 million[1] (2016) | |
$48 million[1] (2016) | |
Total assets | $47 million[1] (2016) |
Total equity | $126 million[1] (2016) |
Number of employees | 5500 (2009) |
Parent | Roscosmos[2] |
Website | Official Website |
Energomash is noted for its long history of large scale LOX/Kerosene engine development. Notable examples are the RD-107/RD-108 engines used on the R-7, Molniya and Soyuz rocket families, and the RD-170, RD-171 and RD-180 engines used on the Energia, Zenit and Atlas V launch vehicles.
As of July 2013[update], the company remained largely owned by the federal government of Russia, but RSC Energia owned approximately 14% of the total shares.[3] As of 2009[update], NPO Energomash employed approximately 5500 workers at its headquarters in Khimki, Moscow and its satellite facilities in Samara, Perm, and St. Petersburg.[4]
On 4 August 2016, the company announced that it would launch a new plant by December 2016.[5]