Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motor Development

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Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motor Development

Native name	Центральный институт авиационного моторостроения имени П. И. Баранова (ЦИАМ)
Company type	federal autonomous institution
Industry	aerospace
Founded	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Headquarters	Lefortovo, Moscow , Russia
Area served	Europe and Asia
Key people	Mikhail Gordin, Director General
Owner	Russian Federation
Website	www.ciam.ru/en/

The P. I. Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motor Development (also known as the "Central Institute for Aviation Motor Development named after P. I. Baranov" or simply "Central Institute of Aviation Motors", CIAM or TsIAM, Tsentralniy Institut Aviatsionnogo Motorostroeniya, Russian: Центральный институт авиационного моторостроения) is the only specialized Russian research and engineering facility dealing with advanced aerospace propulsion research, aircraft engine certification and other gas dynamics-related issues. It was founded on 3 December 1930 upon merging of the propeller engine department under the umbrella organisation Central Institute of Aerohydrodynamics and the department of experimental engine building of the M. V. Frunze Aviation Plant.^[1]

CIAM operates the largest aerospace engine testing facility in Europe, surpassed only by the United States's Arnold Engineering Development Center and Glenn Research Center. It is based in Lefortovo (the southeast okrug of Moscow) with an address of 2 Aviamotornaya street, Moscow, Postcode 111116. CIAM also operates a scientific testing center in Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast.