Kazan Aircraft Production Association (KAPO; Russian: Казанское авиационное производственное объединение имени С. П. Горбунова, romanized: Kazanskoye Aviatsionnoe Proizvodstvennoe Obyedinenie imeni S.P.
On November 18, 2016 PJSC Tupolev concluded a contract with JSC Kazan Giproniiaviaprom for the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of pre-production workshops at the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov worth 1.8 billion rubles, according to the procurement documentation of PJSC.
According to the documentation, the project includes the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of engineering systems of networks and premises of four workshops of the aircraft factory and the site for the manufacture of large-sized parts, the purchase of technological equipment and commissioning.
It was also reported that the government of Tatarstan and PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) signed an agreement on the modernization of the S. P. Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant — a branch of PJSC Tupolev, taking into account the production of the Tu-160M2 strategic bomber and in the future PAK DA.
The UAC noted that the investments calculated for 2016-2020 are comparable to the costs of starting production in Soviet times.
About 40% of the equipment of the workshops of the main production facilities, including assembly, procurement and stamping, is subject to technical re-equipment.