OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - "Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro", meaning Experimental Design Bureau. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications.
A bureau was officially identified by a number, and often semi-officially by the name of the lead designer - for example, OKB-51 was lead by
These relatively small state-run organisations were not intended for mass production of aircraft, rockets, or other vehicles or equipment they designed. However they usually had the facilities and resources to construct prototypes. Designs accepted by the state were then assigned to factories for mass production.
OKBs in
*KB-1 -
*OKB-1 - Korolev
*OKB-2 - early name of
*OKB-3 -
*OKB-4 -
*OKB-19 -
*OKB-20 -
*OKB-21 -
*OKB-23 -
*OKB-24 -
*OKB-26 -
*OKB-39 -
*OKB-45 -
*OKB-49 -
*OKB-51 -
*OKB-52 - Chelomei
*OKB-86 - Bartini
*OKB-115 -
*OKB-117 -
*OKB-120 -
*OKB-124 - N/A (cooling systems for Tu-121)
*OKB-134 - Vympel
*OKB-140 - N/A (first hydro-alcohol starter-generators for Tu-121)
*OKB-153 -
*OKB-154 - Kosberg, previously OKB-296
*OKB-155 -
*OKB-155-2 - (sometimes designated as OKB-2-155) OKB-155 spin-off in
*OKB-156 -
*OKB-165 - Lyulka
*OKB-207 -
*OKB-240 - Yermolaev
*OKB-256 -
*OKB-276 - Kuznetsov
*OKB-296 - renamed to
*OKB-300 -
*OKB-301 -
*OKB-329 - Mil
*SKB-385 - Makeev
*OKB-458 -
*OKB-478 -
*OKB-586 - Yangel
*OKB-938 -
References
# [http://www.aviation.ru/okb.php Aviation.ru - "OKBs"]