The PJSC 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, 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. Pilots flying Beriev seaplanes have broken 228 world aviation records. The records are registered and acknowledged by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. History Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev founded the design bureau that bears his name at Taganrog in 1932. The traditional focus of the Beriyev Design Bureau has been the development of seaplanes for military and civilian use. The Bureau was moved to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1942 to avoid destruction in World War II, and returned to Taganrog in 1945. In November 1989 Beriev became the only defense industry enterprise to win the Prize for Quality awarded by the Soviet Government. Aircraft Beriev MBR-2/MP-1, multi-purpose flying boat, 1935 Beriev Be-2/KOR-1/KR-2, reconnaissance seaplane, 1936; NATO codename "Mote" Beriev MBR-7, prototype short-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat, 1937 Beriev MDR-5, long-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat, 1938 Beriev B-10, high-speed fighter project, 1939 Beriev Be-4/KOR-2, parasol-wing flying boat, 1940; NATO codename "Mug" Beriev Be-5/KOR-3, three-seat, single engine, catapult-launched seaplane, not built Beriev MDR-8, unbuilt long-range reconnaissance aircraft, 1939 Beriev MDRT, long-range maritime reconnaissance/torpedo bomber, 1940 Beriev BB-282F, twin-engine armored bomber, 1942 Beriev MDR-10, long-range maritime reconnaissance, 1942 Beriev LL-143, prototype twin-engine flying boat, precursor of Be-6, 1945 Beriev Be-8, passenger/liaison amphibian, 1947; NATO codename "Mole" or "Mode" Beriev Printsessa, projected large six-engine passenger/patrol flying boat, 1947 Beriev Be-6, flying boat used for firefighting duty, 1949; NATO codename "Madge" Beriev R-1, experimental jet-powered flying boat, 1952 Beriev Be-1, prototype wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft, 1956 Beriev Be-10/M-10, jet-engined flying boat, 1956; NATO codename "Mallow" Beriev Be-12/M-12 Chayka, Amphibious aircraft, similar in function to the Canadair CL-415, used for anti-submarine warfare, based upon the Be-6, 1960; NATO codename "Mail" Beriev Be-16, heavy military transport project, 1959 An-Be-20, projected 1960s trijet regional airliner developed in cooperation with Antonov; cancelled in favor of the Yakovlev Yak-40 Beriev S-13, a clone of the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane, 1961. Beriev Be-24, amphibious airliner project, 1963 Beriev Be-26, projected amphibious ASW aircraft Beriev Be-30, light single-engine airliner project,