Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute

Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
Native name
Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского
Company typefederal state unitary enterprise
IndustryAerospace
Founded1918 (1918)
FounderNikolay Zhukovsky
Headquarters,
Russia
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Kirill Sypalo - General Director
  • Sergey Chernyshev - Research Director
OwnerRussian Federation
Number of employees
4,392 (2013)
Websitetsagi.com
TsAGI

The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (also (Zhukovsky) Central Institute of Aerodynamics, Russian: Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т, ЦАГИ, romanizedTsentral'nyy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut, TsAGI) is a Russian national research centre for aviation. It was founded in Moscow by Russian aviation pioneer Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky on December 1, 1918.


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