Soviet Union Military Aircraft Designation Systems - Design Office Prefixes

Design Office Prefixes

An (Ан): Antonov
Ar (Ар): Archangelskii
BI (БИ): Berezniak-Isaev
BICh (БИЧ): Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky
Be (Бе): Beriev
Che (Че): Chetverikov
Gu (Гу): Gudkov
Il (Ил): Ilyushin
Ka (Ка): Kamov
La (Ла): Lavochkin
LaG (ЛаГ): Lavochkin-Gorbunov
LaGG (ЛаГГ): Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov
Li (Ли): Lisunov
M (М): Myasishchev
Mi (Ми): Mil
MiG (МиГ): Mikoyan-Gurevich, until the death of Artem Mikoyan in 1970, then just Mikoyan
Pe (Пе): Petlyakov
Po (По): Polikarpov
Su (Су): Sukhoi
Shche (Ще): Shcherbakov
Ta (Та): Tairov
Tu (Ту): Tupolev (earlier: ANT (for A.N.Tupolev, the number sequence is still in use))
Yak (Як): Yakovlev (earlier: AIR (for A.I.Rykov, one of communist leaders))
Yer (Ер): Yermolayev

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