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Brief history


1916 - Foundation of RUSSIAN RENAULT automobile plant in Rybinsk.
1924 - Change of the plant`s profile to aircraft engines production.1928 Production of the first series of aircraft engines.
1938 - Production of М-100, М-103, М-105 and М-105PF series engines. Yak-3 powered with М-105PF engine was considered the best aircraft of the Great Patriotic War period.
1947 - Development of the first Russian TR-1 turbojet.
1968 - Development of RD36-51engine for Tu-144D supersonic passenger aircraft
1970 - Start of production of the most mass Russian aircraft engines series for civil aviation: D30КP - for IL-76 military transport aircraft; D30КU - for IL-62М passenger airliners
1972 - Development of АL-21F engine for S-17, Su-20 fighters, Su-24 fighting bomber and MiG-23B front fighter.
1975 - Development of АL-31F bypass turbojet engine for Su-27, Su-33, Su-35 fighters.
1997 - Amalgamation of Rybinsk Engine-Building Design Bureau and Rybinsk Motors JSC.
1998 - Amalgamation of Volzhsky Machine-Building Plant and Rybinsk Motors JSC.
2001 - Amalgamation of Rybinsk Motors JSC and A.Lyulka-Saturn JSC, foundation of NPO Saturn.