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Sukhoi
Sign in to saveAlso known as JSC Sukhoi Company, Sukhoi Design Bureau, Sukhoi OKB, Sukhoi-OKB
The JSC Sukhoi Company (, ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft.
Sukhoi is a Russian aircraft company based in Moscow that designs planes for both military and civilian use. It's a significant manufacturer in the global aviation industry, particularly known for producing military aircraft used by Russia and other countries.
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Key facts
- Company.name
- JSC Sukhoi Company
- Company.logo
- Sukhoi logo.svg
- Company.image
- Sukhoi-okb.JPG
- Company.image_caption
- Sukhoi Company (JSC) head office/Sukhoi Design Bureau offices in the Begovoy District in Moscow
- Company.former_names
- OKB-51
- Company.type
- Division, joint-stock company
- Company.industry
- Aerospace and defense
- Company.fate
- merged into United Aircraft Corporation
- Company.founder
- Pavel Sukhoi
- Company.location
- Begovoy District, Moscow, Russia
- Company.key_people
- Pavel Sukhoi (Founder)Yury Slyusar (President of the UAC)Igor Y. Ozar (General Director)
- Company.products
- Civilian aircraft, military aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles
- Company.num_employees
- 26,177 (2011)
- Company.parent
- United Aircraft Corporation
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- World War II
- Cold War
- Contemporary era
- Integration of the Irkut Corporation
- Organization
- Corporate governance
- Chairman of Board of Directors
- General Director
- Members of Board of Directors
- See also
- References
- External links
The JSC Sukhoi Company (, ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft.
Sukhoi was founded in the Soviet Union by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su), and survived the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In February 2006, the Russian government merged Sukhoi with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.
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