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The enterprise was founded in 1962 on the basis of machinery and repair plant. In 1963 the plant developed manufacture of assault and ground aviation equipment. In 1968 the first output was produced: helicopter Ka-26. In 1972 the plant was renamed into Kumertau helicopter plant and became a part of the Kumertau Aviation Production Group as a parent company (1977). In 1973-89 unmanned airplanes were produced, in 1974-78 - M-17 airplane, while in 1974-80 a part of the wing of Tu-154 airplane was produced.
In 1982-85 the plant took part in the construction of Buran aerospace complex. In 1992 the Group was reorganized into KumAPE. From 2001 Kumertau Aviation Enterprise has successfully developed the manufacture of a new radar-surveillance helicopter Ka-31.
The latest history of the enterprise was enriched by another significant event: serial production of Ka-226 was started.
In 2008 the type of ownership was changed from federal state unitary enterprise into KumAPE, JSC.
Over the past years, production of the Kamov helicopters, KumAPP – originally just a small plant has grown into a large production company. The company comprises 37 work-shops. It has foundry, blanking and forging, mechanical assembling, bench and welding, unit assembling, final assembling, galvano-thermal, and woodworking facilities, as well as nonmetal and blade production facilities and ground and flight test departments.
One of the Kumertau know-how, which makes it different from other helicopter-building plants, is the unique technology of the rotor blade production of any dimensions with the use of polymeric composite materials. Polymeric blades feature high aerodynamic characteristics and their stability in a wide range of climatic conditions, offer high resistance to the corrosive sea environment and long service life. So far, KumAPE has produced 18,000 odd composite blades of various designs, with length varying from 1.7 to 8.0 m and the chord –from 100 to 520 mm. during the 15 years, the operating time of the blades produced has amounted to 10,000,000 hours.
JSC KumAPE (Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise) has been successfully operating on the market of world aviation industry for already more than 50 years.
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