85th Anniversary of the State Enterprise

On September 29, the State Enterprise "Mykolaiv Aircraft Repair Plant 'NARP'" celebrated its 85th anniversary. On that day in 1939, aircraft repair workshops began operating in Mykolaiv at the Naval Mine-Torpedo Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators named after S.A. Levanevskyi.

Initially, the workshops repaired U-2, R-5, MBR-2, R-6, and R-10 aircraft, as well as M-11, M-17, and M-22 piston engines used by naval aviation. After Germany's attack on the USSR and the threat of occupation of Mykolaiv, the workshops were evacuated in July 1941 to the Bezenchuk station in the Kuybyshev region (now Samara).

After the Nazi occupiers were expelled from Ukraine, the workshops were relocated in September-December 1944 to the village of Stepanivka, Kherson region. On January 8, 1947, they were reformed into the 793rd aircraft repair base. In September 1949, the base was transferred to Mykolaiv, at the Kulbakino station. During this time, Pe-2, Il-4, Tu-2 aircraft and ASH-82, ASH-88B engines were being repaired.

In the early 1950s, the 793rd aircraft repair base mastered the repair of the Il-28 jet bomber and its VK-1 engine. A key milestone occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the long-range bomber Tu-16 and the RD-3M-500 engine began to be repaired. Production capacities were expanded, and the enterprise became one of the leading in naval aviation. On February 17, 1960, the aircraft repair base was reformed into the 328th plant.

In the early 1970s, the plant's team mastered the repair of Tu-95 family aircraft. Additionally, the repair of marine gas turbine units began. The early 1980s marked the beginning of the repair of the supersonic long-range bomber Tu-22M.

After the collapse of the USSR, the enterprise became part of the repair network of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Starting in 1993, the team quickly mastered the repair of Su-24 aircraft of all modifications, aircraft engines, and auxiliary power units NK-8-2U, D-30KP, AI-8, TA-6A, M-14P, M-14V26, as well as equipment for civilian aircraft such as the An-12, An-24/26, An-32, Il-18, Il-62, Yak-40, Yak-42, Tu-134, and Tu-154.

In 1996, the name "State Enterprise of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine 'Mykolaiv Aircraft Repair Plant 'NARP'" was officially adopted.

In 1999, the plant’s design bureau began developing the ultra-light aircraft "NARP-1." The first prototype was manufactured the following year. Over two years, "NARP-1" underwent factory and state flight tests, certification, and received a Type Certificate. Its serial production began in 2002.

In 2008, the plant started mastering the overhaul and restoration of Il-76MD and Il-78 aircraft. In 2011, "NARP" became part of the State Concern "Ukroboronprom."

The State Aviation Museum and Mykolaiv Aircraft Repair Plant "NARP" share a long-standing partnership. Mykolaiv aircraft repairers have repeatedly assisted the museum with the restoration of exhibits.