NPO Molniya

55°50′28″N 37°26′55″E NPO Molniya (lightning) (Russian: Научно-производственное объединение «Молния») is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976. Currently part of Rostec.^[1]

NPO Molniya

Company type	Open joint-stock company
Industry	Science and production
Founded	February 26, 1976; 49 years ago (1976-02-26)
Headquarters	Moscow , Russia
Products	Aircraft
Owner	Rostec (60%)[1]
Website	npomolniya.ru

For other uses, see Molniya (disambiguation).

Space systems

At present, NPO Molniya is working on reusable launch systems for space applications.^{[citation needed]}

Aircraft

Triplane Molniya-1

The NPO Molniya Molniya-1 is a three surface design with single pusher propeller and twin tail booms. In the late 1990s, the company proposed a number of larger types based on the three surface configuration.^[2][3]

• Molniya 400 - a proposed jet cargo aircraft or airliner with a high-mounted wing and powered by two PS-90A turbofans. Freighter version would have had a rear fuselage ramp.
• Molniya-1000 Heracles - a proposed super heavy freighter to replace the VM-T Atlant and An-225 as a space load carrier. Unusual twin open fuselage design with the shuttle or other payload carried between the fuselages. A high mounted wing with six turbofan engines was proposed, it would have been capable of carrying a 450,000kg load. Displayed as model at the 2003 Paris Air Show^[4]

Ownership

Since September 2018 the controlling (60%) stake belongs to the Kalashnikov Concern.^[5]

Products

Aircraft

• NPO Molniya Molniya-1

Manned Spacecraft

• Buran spacecraft

See also

• Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy, lead developer of Buran, General Director of NPO Molniya