(Сухой) is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer famous for its
Sukhoi Design Bureau
as the Sukhoi Design Bureau
, design office
), it is currently known as Sukhoi
. It comprises the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau located in
Moscow, the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association (NAPO), the
Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) and Irkutsk
Aviation. Sukhoi is headquartered in Moscow.
owns 25% + 1 share of
Sukhoi's civil division. The Russian government merged Sukhoi with
, and Yakovlev
new company named United Aircraft Building
. Specifically, Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed
within the same operating unit.
Currently Sukhoi's Su-24
, and shipborne Su-33
aircraft are in service with the Russian Air Force
. Sukhoi attack and fighter aircraft have been supplied to
Armenia, India, China, Poland, the
Republic, Iraq, Slovakia, Hungary, Georgia, East
Germany, Syria, Algeria, North Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Angola, Ethiopia, Peru, Eritrea, and
Indonesia. Venezuela signed contracts for the purchase of 30 Su-30
fighter jets in July 2006.
A total of more than 2000 Sukhoi
aircraft were supplied to foreign countries on export contracts.
With its Su-26
models Sukhoi is also one of the leading manufacturers of aerobatic
August 4, 2006, the
Department imposed sanctions on Sukhoi for allegedly
supplying Iran in violation
of the United States Iran Nonproliferation Act of
Sukhoi was prohibited from doing business
with the United States Federal
. In November of 2006, the US State Department
reversed its sanctions against Sukhoi.
Russia launched on
September 26, 2007,
its first modern commercial regional airliner—the
Superjet 100, a 78 to 98 seater,
built by Sukhoi. It was unveiled at Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
The maiden flight was made on May 19
Decomissioned Polish Su-20 'Fitter'
(export version of Su-17)
Note: The Sukhoi OKB has reused aircraft designations on
occasion, for example: the Su-9
from 1946 and the later Su-9 from 1956,
the former was not produced in quantity. Sukhoi prototype
designations are based on wing layout planform. Straight
and swept wings are assigned the "S"
prefix, while delta winged
designs(including tailed-delta) have "T" for a designation
- " Finmeccanica Will Buy 25% of Sukhoi Civil
Aircraft." Bloomberg.com. February 21, 2006.
- " Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through
Merger." The New York Times. February 22, 2006.
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