By the end of 2025, the Beriev Aircraft Company (TANTK) in Taganrog reported a loss equivalent to $65 million. This contrasts sharply with 2024, when the company posted a profit of approximately $15 million.
The significance of this development lies in the plant's role as the primary developer and manufacturer of the Beriev A-50 and Beriev A-100 Premier airborne early warning aircraft, as well as the Beriev Be-200 amphibious aircraft, derived from the A-40 Albatros project.
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The same facility was reportedly tasked with repairing three Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers at a site located roughly 150 kilometers from the front line. These financial losses occurred amid a series of systematic strikes by Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
By the end of 2025, the company’s production cost index had declined by 2.5 times, falling to the equivalent of $46 million. Such a sharp drop strongly suggests a comparable reduction in production volume following Ukrainian strikes on the facility.
In May 2025, leaked documents indicated that Beriev had secured a contract worth 15.9 billion rubles for work on three Tu-95MS bombers, or approximately 5.3 billion rubles per aircraft.
Given the company's profile, the contract likely involved upgrading the bombers to the Tu-95MSM standard, including the integration of external hardpoints for Kh-101 cruise missiles. It remains unclear whether the plant was able to proceed with full implementation of the modernization program.
In September 2025, reports indicated that the planned resumption of A-50 production in russia was again being delayed, reinforcing signs of structural problems at the enterprise.
Confirmed Ukrainian strikes on the Taganrog facility were reported on July 7 and November 25, 2025. During the November attack, a russian Beriev A-60 "flying laser" laboratory aircraft was reportedly destroyed.
There are also indications that Beriev has been integrated into the production chain for Molniya UAVs. If so, the enterprise may be forced to reorient from complex manned aviation projects toward the mass production of unmanned systems required by the russian military.
Ivan Kyrychevskyi, serviceman of the 413th Raid Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine and weapons expert at Defense Express.
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