Facts

• Segment: Power Systems
• Country: Ukraine
• Founded: 1945
• Website: https://ivchenko-progress.com/

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Summary

Ivchenko-Progress designs aircraft engines, gas turbines and propulsion systems in Ukraine. Its products support aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and unmanned systems that need compact turbine propulsion, including engines used on long-range UAVs and aerial platforms.

Market context

Ivchenko-Progress is a strategic propulsion node in the defence UAV supply chain. Its AI-450T and AI-322F engine families link Ukrainian aerospace capability to Turkish unmanned aircraft programs. Ivchenko-Progress supplies robotics-adjacent hardware rather than complete robot platforms Owns aircraft engine design and propulsion engineering capability for civil, military, and unmanned aircraft applications.

• Capability: Turboprop and turbofan engine development for UAV and combat-UAV platforms AI-450T-class propulsion exposure for HALE UAVs AI-322F-class turbofan exposure for unmanned combat aircraft Gas turbine engine desi…
• Strategic position: Upstream propulsion supplier for aerial defence robotics and unmanned aircraft programs Ukrainian aerospace engine node used by Turkish UAV manufacturers Robotics relevance comes from aircraft propul…

Facts

• Website: https://ivchenko-progress.com/
• HQ: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
• Founded: 1945
• Segment: Power Systems

Commercial

2 commercial events; 2 commercial orders; latest event 2021-11-15

• 2021-11-15 - Commercial order - Ivchenko-Progress reports additional AI-450T engine supply for Bayraktar Akinci - source: turdef.com
• 2021-11-12 - Commercial order - Baykar signs AI-322F engine deal with Ivchenko-Progress for MIUS - source: dailysabah.com

Turbofan engine supplier for unmanned aircraft

Ivchenko-Progress develops aircraft engines, with robotics relevance through Ukrainian turbofan engines used or planned for unmanned combat aircraft.

• Target environment: Military aircraft, unmanned combat aircraft, jet-powered UAV programs and aerospace propulsion supply chains.
• Deployment model: Aerospace engine design and supply through partnerships with aircraft and UAV manufacturers.
• Customer context: Aircraft manufacturers, UAV builders, defence aerospace programs and propulsion integration partners.
• Workflow context: Turbofan propulsion, UAV engine integration, combat drone power systems and aerospace propulsion development.
• Commercial maturity: Established Ukrainian aircraft-engine designer with relevance to unmanned combat aircraft propulsion.
• Market position: Aerospace power-system supplier tied to the propulsion layer of high-end defence UAVs.
• Adoption constraints: Robotics relevance depends on defence aircraft programs, wartime production constraints, supply continuity, engine qualification and customer platform demand.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes UAV propulsion, combat drone engines, aerospace power systems and defence aircraft supply chains.
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2024-10-24 - Market Signal - Baykar plans $300 million jet-engine investment to localize UAV powerplants - Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar said the company planned to invest $300 million to develop jet engines.
• 2021-11-12 - Partnership - Baykar contracts Ivchenko-Progress engines for MIUS unmanned fighter project - Defence reporting said Baykar contracted Ivchenko-Progress to deliver engines for the MIUS unmanned fighter proje…

Context tags

• Aircraft engine supplier - Peer Group
• Aircraft engine power supply - Workflow
• Aircraft engine component supplier - Stack Layer