Sukhoi

Sanctions: Sukhoi is a brand of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which has been on the US Treasury (OFAC) sanctions list since 28 June 2022, listed with the alias Sukhoi. Check the rules that apply to you before doing business with it. Source: US Treasury, 28 June 2022.

Sukhoi is a Russian aircraft design bureau based in Moscow, founded in 1939 by Pavel Sukhoi as OKB-51. It builds military fighters, bombers and attack aircraft for the Russian armed forces and for export customers. Since February 2006 it has been part of United Aircraft Corporation, which also holds Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev and Yakovlev.

Aircraft

• Su-27 family: Su-27, Su-30 and Su-35 multirole fighters
• Su-34 fighter-bomber and Su-25 ground attack aircraft
• Su-57, a fifth-generation fighter
• Earlier types including the Su-7, Su-15, Su-17/22 and Su-24
• Superjet 100 regional airliner, built by the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company

Production and history

Main production sites are the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) and the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPO). The design bureau was dissolved in 1949 and re-established in 1953.

In 2020 the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company was transferred to Irkut Corporation and became Regional Aircraft, a branch of Irkut.

Company facts

• Founded: 1939
• Headquarters: Moscow, Russia
• Parent: United Aircraft Corporation, since 2006
• Workforce: about 26,000 employees (2011 figure)

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