The
Beriev Aircraft Company, formerly
Beriev Design Bureau, is a
Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix
Be), specializing in
amphibious aircraft. The company was founded in
Taganrog in the 1934 as
OKB-49 by
Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev (born February 13, 1903), and since that time has designed and produced more than 20 different models of aircraft for civilian and military purposes, as well as customized models. Today the Company employs some 3000 specialists and is developing and manufacturing
amphibious aircraft.