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Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company Weapon Systems

Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company is a Russian helicopter manufacturing plant in Arsenyev, Primorsky Krai, within the Russian Helicopters industrial group. Its catalog relevance is the Ka-52 attack and reconnaissance helicopter, with official Russian Helicopters material identifying Progress as a helicopter plant and listing Ka-52 Alligator production alongside Ka-52K and Ka-62 preparation.

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Progress traces its history to aircraft repair plant No. 116, opened in Arsenyev in 1936. Russian Helicopters describes the plant's postwar evolution from repair work to aircraft production and identifies the company with Nikolai Sazykin, who directed the plant from 1959 to 1976.

The builder archive is centered on Progress as the production site tied to the Ka-52 family. Russian Helicopters' structure page lists the company as a helicopter plant, while reference and sanctions sources connect the company to Ka-52 Alligator production and place it under Russian Helicopters, a Rostec holding.

Helicopter manufacturingAttack helicoptersAirframe productionMilitary aerospace

Notable Systems

Ka-52 Alligator

Russian Helicopters and industry sources identify Progress as the plant producing Ka-52 Alligator attack and reconnaissance helicopters.

Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page, Russian Helicopters produces first Ka-52 Alligator in 2017

Ka-52K Katran

The Russian Helicopters structure page describes Progress as preparing for naval Ka-52K production.

Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page

Ka-62

Russian Helicopters lists Ka-62 preparation alongside the plant's Ka-52 production role.

Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page

Builder History

  1. Aircraft repair plant established

    Russian Helicopters says the history of Progress began in 1936, when aircraft repair plant No. 116 opened in Arsenyev.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters Progress profile

  2. Nikolai Sazykin tenure

    The official company profile links the plant's name to Nikolai Sazykin, who led the enterprise during this period.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters Progress profile

  3. Ka-52 production for Russian defense contracts

    A Russian Helicopters press release states that Ka-52 Alligator helicopters had been produced for Russia's Ministry of Defense since 2010.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters produces first Ka-52 Alligator in 2017

  4. Listed in Russian Helicopters structure

    Russian Helicopters' structure page lists Progress as a helicopter plant and identifies its role in Ka-52 production and Ka-52K and Ka-62 preparation.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page

Predecessors
Aircraft repair plant No. 116
Website links
Russian Helicopters profileRussian Helicopters structure pageVertipedia organization profile

Progress is a Russian defense-industrial entity and appears in sanctions databases, so open English-language sourcing is uneven. The profile uses official Russian Helicopters pages for the builder role and media license, plus reference and sanctions sources for alternate names and corporate relationship context.

Builder Sources

  • Russian Helicopters Progress profilePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Official profile used for the builder's Russian name, helicopter-plant role, 1936 founding history, Sazykin context, contact email, and CC BY 4.0 image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Russian Helicopters structure pagePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Official holding structure page listing Progress as a helicopter plant and describing its helicopter production role. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Russian Helicopters multilingual structure pagePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Russian Helicopters' multilingual structure page gives the English name and states that Progress produces Ka-52 Alligator and is preparing naval Ka-52K and commercial Ka-62 production. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Russian Helicopters produces first Ka-52 Alligator in 2017Publisher: Vertical Magazine / Russian Helicopters | Note: Russian Helicopters press release republished by Vertical Magazine identifying Progress as a Russian Helicopters subsidiary and describing Ka-52 production at Arsenyev. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Progress Arsenyev Aviation CompanyPublisher: Vertipedia / Vertical Flight Society | Note: Reference profile used for alternate names, 1936 establishment, airframe-manufacturer focus, Russian Helicopters subsidiary context, Ka-52 specialization, and Mi-24 repair background. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • JSC Arsenyev Aviation Company Progress named after N.I. SazykinPublisher: Primorsky Krai Exporters Catalog | Note: Regional exporter catalog entry supporting the legal name, Arsenyev address, Russian Helicopters holding context, and Ka-52 production description. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • JSC N.I. Sazykin Progress Arsenyev Aviation CompanyPublisher: War & Sanctions / Defence Intelligence of Ukraine | Note: Sanctions database entry used for legal-name aliases, Rostec/Russian Helicopters relationship context, and sourcing caveat about sanctions-related coverage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Ka-52, Attack and reconnaissance helicopter, Aircraft & UAVsRussia-Ukraine War, Syrian Civil WarKa-52Attack and reconnaissance helicopterBuilt in: RussiaThe Ka-52 is a Russian two-seat attack and reconnaissance helicopter derived from the Ka-50 and built around a coaxial rotor layout, side-by-side crew cockpit, 30 mm cannon, and guided-missile hardpoints. In the Russia-Ukraine War it became one of Russia's most visible rotary-wing strike platforms, especially in southern Ukraine where Ka-52 and Ka-52M crews used longer-range anti-tank missiles against Ukrainian ground forces.