RYBINSK AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT 36, USSR

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1983
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Rybinsk Aircraft E
ngine Plant 36 1 UR
DMAAC. USATC, Series 200, Sheet 154-13, scale 1:200,000
ABSTRACT
1. This report, superseding NPIC reports) I discusses construction 25X1
and production activity at Rybinsk Aircraft Engine Plant 36, USSR, from August 1968 through February
1983. Construction since 1968 has added 230,738 square meters of floorspace to the plant, increasing the
overall floorspace total to 552,803 square meters. Of this amount, 50,454 square meters are used for
consumer products production, 37, 343 square meters are used for a design bureau, and 465,006 square
meters are used for engine production. A total of approximately 24,400 square meters of additional
floorspace was observed under construction in the consumer products production area during this
reporting period. (S/WN)
2. This report includes a location map, 15 annotated photographs, 14 tables of mensural data, one
line drawing, and one chart. (S/WN)
BASIC DESCRIPTION
3. Rybinsk Aircraft Engine Plant 36 is in the central section of the city of Rybinsk, 1 nautical mile
(nm) south of the Volga River (Figure 1). As of Plant 36 (Figure 2) contained 92 major
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structures and numerous small support buildings, sheds, and covered storage areas. Overall, the Rybinsk
plant contained a total of 552,803 square meters of completed floorspace, and an additional total of
approximately 24,400 square meters of floorspace was under construction. (S/WN)
4. Rybinsk was first observed on photography in 1942. The installation was damaged extensively
during World War II, and no photography of the plant was obtained between 1943 and 1962. When
imaged in 1962, the plant had been rebuilt, and floorspace had increased by sixty-five percent since 1942.1
Because the plant is in an urban area, any expansion would require the razing of existing buildings, which
did, in fact, occur for the expansion undertaken in February 1983 (Figure 3). (S/WN)
5. The plant can be divided into 14 major functional areas: A through N. (S/WN)
Area A
Consumer Products-Fabrication/Assembly Area
6. The fabrication/assembly area, in the southeast corner of the plant, is road served and consists of
five major buildings (Figure 3). One of the fabrication/assembly buildings (item 4, Figure 3 and Table 1) is
connected by an overhead walkway to the warehouse/transshipment building (item 11, Figure 4 and
Table 2) in Area B. Area A is reportedly involved in producing consumer goods, specifically tractor engine
parts.2 (S/WN/NOFORN)
Storage Area
7. The storage area, in the southwest corner of the plant, serves as the major storage facility for raw
materials and contains a large, open coal storage area. In addition, Area B contains 15 major buildings and
numerous other support structures (Figure 4 and Table 2). Two large warehouses there (items 7 and 11,
Figure 2 and Table 2) contain a total of 24,249 square meters of storage space. The area is served by an
extensive rail network and is well lighted by numerous tall light towers (Figure 4). (S/WN)
Area C
Foundry Area
8. The foundry area, on the east side of the plant, is road and rail served and consists of nine major
buildings, including two foundries, and numerous other support structures. Early in 1979, an ore-process-
ing building (item 21, Figure 5) was under construction adjacent to the large foundry (item 18). Construc-
tion on this building was complete by May 1982. (S/WN)
Support/Storage Area
9. Area D, in the east-central portion of the plant and adjacent to Area B, is road served and
contains eight major buildings (Figure 6). (S/WN)
Area E
Support Area A
10. This road-served support area, near the center of the plant and just north of Area B, consists of
11 major buildings and two large cooling ponds (Figure 7). Most of the floorspace in this area was
constructed between 1980 and 1982 (items 4, 5, and 9; Figure 7). (S/WN)
Area F
Electrical Substation and Sewage Treatment Area
11. The electrical substation and sewage treatment area, on the west-central side of the main plant
area and just north of Area B, contains 13 major buildings and other support structures (Figure 8). Two
major transformer yards and a small sewage treatment plant are also in this area. The electrical substation
is wall secured, and an interior fence surrounds the transformer yards. (S/WN)
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Table 1.
(Items keyed to Figure 3)
I tern
Floor First Date
H Space Obs Complete Remarks
(sq m) Ucont
5
82
3 star es
1
Aims eng bldg
5
82
a
Star Sect
3
81
b
Star sect
3
81
5
82
3 star es
d
4
Aim n sect
Fabr canon assent sect
8
68
2 stores
8
68
b
Feb admin sect
395 800 hters
5
Tank
8
68
a
Assent sect
8
68
b
Assent sect
8
68
Tate
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Table 2.
(Items keyed to Figure 4)
Item
W H
(m)
Floor First Date
Space Obs Complete Remarks
(sq m) Ucont
2 75
2
Storbdg
Warehouse
573 1273
a
Spt sect
573 1273
- 868
6 73
4
Sit bldg
12 72
5
Spt bldg
680 582
7
Warehouse
475 378
a
Warehouse sect
1280 283
868 1272
Warehouse sect
1280 381
680 283
- 668
10
Conseyar apt big
bidg
12 72
8 68
b
W
arehouse sect
-
868
275
976
12
St
ar bldg
-
868
13
Sr
or bldg
880
381
'4
St
ar shed
-
868
'54600 rem
5
'a
rk
8 68
8 68
'height of top of s'a'kway
8 68
S
pt sect
8 68
381
381
9
S
tar shed
8 68
20
S
rar b dg
8 68
21
S
pt oidg
8 68
22
S
ror shed
-
868
23
S
tar bldg
381
283
877
679
26
S
ptbdg
-
1272
26
Warehouse
-
868
27
Warehouse
877
679
28
Sptbdg
29
Sptbdg
877
679
280
1280
8 68
479
679
30
Sptoog
-
673
31
Sarbog
1212
573
32
Sptadg
Tota
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Area G
Container Production Area
12. Area G (Figure 9) is just outside the western main plant boundary and across the railroad tracks
from Area F. A wall surrounds both a concrete products plant and the container production area. In
addition to aircraft engine containers (inset, Figure 9), wood products, possibly used as forms for concrete
products, are probably produced in the area. Engine container production was moved to this area
between July 1973 and January 1974, when construction began on a new fabrication/assembly building in
Area K. (S/WN)
Area H
Assembly Area A
13. The road-served assembly area, in the northeast corner of the plant and just north of Area C,
contains four major buildings (Figure 10). The floorspace total for Area H has not changed since 1968.
(S/W N)
Area I
Steamplant Area
14. This road- and rail-served steamplant area (Figure 11) is in the center of the main plant area and
just west of Area C. The steamplant (item 15, Figure 11) is the major building in the area and uses coal and
oil to produce steam. An oil-fired boiler was added to the steamplant in 1974. (S/WN)
Area J
Support Area B
15. Area J (Figure 12), in the center of the main plant area and just west of Area I, is road and rail
served and contains seven major buildings and other support structures. The area probably provides
support for general maintenance activities at the plant. (S/WN)
Area K
Assembly Area B
16. This assembly area (Figure 13), in the northwestern corner of the main plant area and just north
of Area F, contains two major fabrication/subassembly buildings (items 1 and 2, Figure 13). The larger
building was complete by July 1972, and the smaller building was complete by September 1976. (S/WN)
Area L
Engine Test Area
17. The engine test area (Figure 14 and Table 12), near the center of the plant and just north of Area
J, contains one major building-the engine test building (item 1 and Table 12). The important portions of
this building are the 28-engine test cells. (Two previously identified test cells' located in an area between
cells 16 and 17 are now assessed as not being test cells.) Fourteen test cells-with secondary air inlets-are
large, two-with secondary air inlets-are small, and 12-with no secondary air inlets-are U-shaped. No
observable changes have been observed to 13 of these test cells since August 1968. Modifications to the
other 15 test cells have included the reconstruction/modification of new exhaust diffusers, the installation
of new secondary air inlets, the reconstruction/modification of new environmental covers, and, in some
cases, a complete refurbishment of the whole test cell. (Figure 15 provides a line drawing of the engine
test building and a chronology of modifications to the cells.) Thirteen of the 14 large test cells have
movable environmental covers over the primary air inlets. These covers must be open for the test cells to
operate. An analysis of the positions of these environmental covers from 1968 to the date of this report is
presented in Chart 1. (S/WN)
Area M
Administration/Support Area
18. This road-served area (Figure 16), along the northern perimeter of the main plant, contains nine
major buildings and other support structures. The area provides administration support, dining, and
motor pool facilities for the plant. (S/WN)
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Design Bureau Area
19. The probable location of the Kolesov Design Bureau (Figure 17) is just outside the main plant
boundary at the northwest corner of the plant and across the rail line from Area K. The area is heavily
secured with a wall as the outer perimeter; a fence is just inside the wall. Lights are around the entire
perimeter. Three gates provide access to this area: one gate to the primary city street, a second gate to a
rail spur, and a heavily used third gate directly to Rybinsk plant. The area is road and rail served and
contains five major buildings, three of which are assembly type buildings. A large, probable design/
engineering building (item 11, Figure 18),3 containing 12,924 square meters of floorspace, is near the
center of the area, on the primary city street (no direct access to the city street has been observed).
(S/WN/NOFORN)
Essential Services
20. The entire plant is road and rail served. The roads are hard surfaced, have an all-weather
capability, and are well lighted. Rail spurs enter the plant at the southwest corner and branch into other
rail spurs serving the plant. (S/WN)
21. Heat and steam are provided by the large steamplant near the center of the plant. Six POL tanks,
on the eastern border of the plant, may be used for fuel in the foundry area. (S/WN)
22. Electric power is supplied by the substation on the western edge of the complex. A sewage
treatment plant is adjacent to the substation. Water is provided by the city of Rybinsk, and a possible well
is along the southern border of the plant. (S/WN)
Security
23. The major plant area is secured by a wall and a fence, which is just inside the wall. All entrances
to the Rybinsk plant have security buildings. The open storage area in the southwestern corner of the
plant has numerous light towers, and all roads and many walkways are well lighted. (S/WN)
Miscellaneous
24. An overhead conveyor, observed extending from the storage area to the sintering building, is
used to provide a constant flow of materials for the sintering process. (S/WN)
IMAGERY ANALYST'S COMMENTS
25. I Isix aircraft engines have been associated with 25X1
the Rybinsk plant since 1962. These engines are the AL-7F, the R15-300, the RD-3M, the R27-F2M-300
Variant, the D-30K, and an unnumbered CHARGER engine (associated with the Kolesov Design Bureau
only). The AL-7F engine is used by FITTER, FISHPOT, and FIDDLER aircraft; the R15-300 engine is used by
FOXBAT aircraft; the RD-3M engine is used by BADGER, BISON, and CAMEL aircraft; the R27-F2M-300
variant is used by FORGER aircraft; and the D-30K engine is used by CANDID, CLASSIC, and CARELESS
aircraft.4,5,6 (S/WN)
26. The D-30K is being produced at the Rybinsk plant. D-30K containers have been present there
since April 1975. An engine container (probably for the CHARGER) was present in June 1979.5 (S/WN)
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All pertinent satellite imagery acquired from August 1968 through I was used in the preparation 25X1
of this report. (S/WN)
MAPS OR CHARTS
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DOCUMENTS
1. NPIC.
RCA-09/0048/70, Rybinsk Aircraft Engine Plant 36, Apr 70 (TOP SECRET CODE-
WORDS*)
2. CIA. Rybinsk Aviation Technology Institute and RPOM Industrial Association Rybinsk,
RSFSR, 8 Aug 80 (CONFIDENTIAL/WNINTEL/NOFORN)
3. CIA. II K-323/00813-81, Design Bureau at the Rybinsk Aircraft Engine Plant, 19 Feb 81 (CONFIDENTIAL/WN-
INTEL/NOFORN)
4. FTD. DST-1351H-343-76, Transport Handbook-Eurasian Communist Countries (U), 22 Oct 76 (SECRET)
5. FTD. DST-1310H-320-75, Bomber Aircraft Handbook-Eurasian Communist Countries (U), 21 May 76 (SE-
CRET/WNINTEL/NOFORN*)
6. FTD. DST-1320H-321-82, Fighter Aircraft Handbook-Eurasian Communist Countries (U), 30 Sep 82 (SE-
CRET/WNINTEL/NOFORN*)
7. FTD. PAR 75-529, Rybinsk Aircraft Engine Plant 36 (U), 18 Aug 75 (TOP SECRET CODEWORD*)
*Extracted information is classified
RELATED DOCUMENT
NPIC.
BCA-22124/73, Rybinsk Aircraft Engine Plant 36, Aug 73 (TOP SECRET CODEWORDS)
REQUIREMENT
COMIREX J02
Project 543033)
Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed to
Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC,
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(Items keyed to Figure 14)
Table 12.
Item
Item
Floor First Date
L W H Space Obs Complete Remarks
(m) (sq m) Ucon7
1 Engine test bldg
t Test cell sect
8168 - Test cells imbedded
a Admin/eng sect
8 - 3 stories
a Assem sect
8/68 -
b Admin/eng sect
8 - 3 stories
v Spt sect
8/68 - 2 stories
c Spt sect
8/68 -
w Test cell
8/68 - Test cells Imbedded
d Spt sect
8168 -
x Test cell
8/68 - Test cells imbedded
e Spt sect
8168 -
y Test cell
8/68 - Test cells Imbedded
f Spt sect
8168 -
z Spt sect
8/68 -
g Spt sect
8/68 -
as Spt sect
8/68 -
h Spt sect
8168 -
bb Test cell
8168 - Test cells imbedded
i Spt sect
8/68 -
2 Fuel-blending bldg
j Spt sect
8/68 -
a Fuel-blending sect
k Assem sect
8/68 -
I Spt sect
8/68 -
b Spt sect
8/68 -
m Assem sect
8/68 -
3 Spt bldg
8/68 -
n Assem sect
8/68 -
4 Spt bldg
o Assem sect
8/68 -
a Spt sect
8/68 -
p Spt sect
8/68 -
b Spt sect
8/68 -
q Spt sect
8/68 -
5 Spt bldg
8/68 -
Spt sect
8/68 -
Total
s Spt sect
8/68 -
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L W H Space Obs Complete Remarks
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