Gromov Flight Research Institute

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Gromov Flight Research Institute

Native name	Лётно-исследовательский институт имени М. М. Громова
Company type	Joint-stock company
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Founder	Mikhail Gromov
Headquarters	Zhukovsky , Russia
Area served	Europe and Asia
Owner	Russian Federation
Parent	United Aircraft Corporation[1]
Website	www.lii.ru (in Russian)

The Gromov Flight Research Institute or GFRI for short (Russian: Лётно-исследовательский институт имени М. М. Громова, Russian: ЛИИ) is an important Russian State Research Centre which operates an aircraft test base located in Zhukovsky, 40 km south-east of Moscow. The airfield is also known as Ramenskoye air base.

The airfield was used as the backup landing site for the Shuttle Buran test program and also as a test base for a Buran's aerodynamic prototype BTS-002.

GFRI periodically hosts the MAKS International Air Show (Aviasalon).

At present, GFRI also hosts Zhukovsky International Airport.