Type Public Products Airplanes Headquarters Voronezh, Russia | Industry Aircraft Number of employees 5,853 (June 2013) Founded 1932 | |
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Key people General manager: Dmitry Prishvin Revenue RUB 12.5 billion (2014) Parent organization United Aircraft Corporation | ||
OJSC Voronezh aircraft production association or Voronezh Aircraft Plant (Voronezhskoye Aktsionernoye Samoletostroitelnoe Obshestvo abbreviated as VASO, Russian: ПАО «Воронежское акционерное самолётостроительное общество») is one of the largest aircraft production plants in Russia.
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Overview
Founded in 1932 in Voronezh (as Voronezh Aviation Plant, branch registry number 18). In 2007, VASO became part of the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). Notable planes built here are the An-148, Tu-28, Tu-144, Il-86, Il-96, Il-28, ANT-25, TB-3, IL-2, Tu-16 and others.
In July 2009, UAC said it will invest 5 billion rubles ($162 mln) in the modernization of VASO's facilities. According to UAC, VASO will build 5 An-148 passenger aircraft in 2009, 18 in 2010, 36 in 2011, and 50 planes would be made annually from 2013 onwards.