Results of the activities of the enterprise in 2015

The plant continues the production of rocket and space technology “Antares”, “Dnepr”, “Vega”, “Zenith”, the landing gears for the aircrafts AN-140, AN-148 and AN-158, tractors under the brand UMZ.

The enterprise carefully monitors the quality of its products.

The policy of quality of the State Enterprise “Production Association Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after A.M. Makarov” was developed and approved in the edition of 2015.

The Certification Centre of the rocket and space equipment “Kharkov agency of the general customer SSAU” carried out an inspection and evaluation of the quality management system in the production and operation of rocket and space technology. Issued by the certificate for quality management system № UA UkrSS CT 09.090.00021.15, which is valid until July 9, 2020.

From “Zaporizhzhya NPP” was got a solution № РШ-Н.021.036-15 about  the approval of the State Enterprise “Production Association Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after A.M. Makarov” as a service provider for the nuclear power.

Under the rocket-space and civilian directions the enterprise in time to fulfill its obligations under previously signed contracts:

–       manufactured and sent to the customer five sustainer engines of the fourth stage for the LV “Vega”;

–       Delivered two main constructions of the first stage of the LV “Antares”. Between the enterprise “YUZHMASH “and the company Orbital Sciences Corporation signed a contract for a period until 2019. Under this contract the plant carries out the manufacture and supply of the main construction of the first stage of the carrier rocket “Antares”;

–       manufactured and sent two sets of landing gear for the plane AN-148;

–       implemented 28 tractors of the YUZHMASH.

In 2015, awarded contracts worth more than 1 billion 200 thousand UAH. Main part of the orders – is the production of liquid rocket engines commissioned by Yuzhnoye State Design Office named after M.K. Yangel

In the autumn the plant resumed production of the electric transport. Highly qualified specialists of the YUZHMASH provide major node assembly of the trolleybuses for the Trading house “Litan”. Manufactured in accordance with the concluded contract products are intended for Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye – 10 and 6 machines, respectively.

November 20, the NASA delegation, accompanied by the SSAU Chairman Lubomyr Sabadosh visited the Yuzhmash. The representatives of the US space agency familiarized with the production capacity and capabilities of the enterprises for create space rocket technology, and discussed with the Ukrainian side the prospects of joint space projects.

This year YUZHMASH participated in five exhibitions:

–         The 12th International Exhibition of Weapons IDEX-2015 (United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi).

–         The 51 th International Aerospace Show “Le Bourget” (France, Paris).

–         XXVII International Agricultural Exhibition “AGRO-2015” (Kiev, Ukraine).

–         National Exhibition “AgroExpo-2015” (Ukraine, Kirovohrad).

–         XII International Industrial Forum (Kiev, Ukraine).

On the exhibition “Agro-2015”, which was held in Kiev, there was presented a new model of the tractor UMZ-10254N.

During 2015 it was carried out four starts:

–         one launch of the carrier rocket “Dnepr” from the launch base “Yasniy”,

–         two starts of the carrier rocket “Vega” from the cosmodrome Kourou,

–          the launch of the carrier rocket “Zenit-3SL”. This launch was the 10th in the framework under the program “Land Launch”.