Sukhoi
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| Type | Joint stock company |
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| Founded | as OKB-51, 1939 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Key people | Pavel Sukhoi, founder |
| Industry | Aerospace and defense |
| Products | Military aircraft Civil airliners |
| Website | sukhoi.org |
Sukhoi (Сухой) is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer famous for its fighters. Founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su), it is currently known as Sukhoi Corporation. It comprises the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau located in Moscow, the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association (NAPO), the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) and Irkutsk Aviation. Sukhoi is headquartered in Moscow. Finmeccanica owns 25% + 1 share of Sukhoi's civil division.[1] The Russian government merged Sukhoi with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation.[2] Specifically, Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed within the same operating unit.[3]
Currently Sukhoi's Su-24, Su-25, Su-27, Su-30, Su-34, and shipborne Su-33 aircraft are in service with the Russian Air Force and Navy. Sukhoi attack and fighter aircraft have been supplied to Armenia, India, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, 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, Su-29 and Su-31 models Sukhoi is also one of the leading manufacturers of aerobatic aircraft.
On August 4, 2006, the US State Department imposed sanctions on Sukhoi for allegedly supplying Iran in violation of the United States Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. Sukhoi was prohibited from doing business with the United States Federal Government.[4] The sanctions were felt by those within Sukhoi to be in response to Sukhoi's dealings with Venezuela for fighter aircraft.[citation needed] In November of 2006, the US State Department reversed its sanctions against Sukhoi.[citation needed]
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.[5]. The maiden flight was made on May 19, 2008.[6]
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[edit] Production aircraft
- Su-2 - light bomber aircraft
- Su-7 'Fitter' - ground-attack aircraft
- Su-9 'Fishpot' - interceptor fighter aircraft
- Su-11 'Fishpot-C' - interceptor fighter aircraft
- Su-15 'Flagon' - 1967, interceptor fighter aircraft
- Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 'Fitter' - ground-attack aircraft
- Su-24 'Fencer' - 1974, jet bomber, attack aircraft
- Su-25 'Frogfoot' - ground attack aircraft
- Su-26 - single seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
- Su-27 'Flanker' - 1984 - air superiority fighter
- Su-28/Su-25UB - Trainer and Demonstrator
- Su-29 - double seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
- Su-30 - 1996, multi-role strike fighter aircraft
- Su-31 - single seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
- Su-33 - 1994, carrier-based multi-role fighter aircraft
- Su-34/Su-32 - 2006, "Platypus", Strike-fighter aircraft
- Su-27M/Su-35 - 1995, air superiority fighter aircraft
- Su-35BM - 4++ generation multirole fighter aircraft
- Su-25TM/Su-39 - ground attack aircraft, optimised for anti-tank use
- Su-80 - a twin-turboprop STOL transport aircraft
- Superjet 100 - regional jet
- MS-21 - narrow-body jet airliner
[edit] Experimental aircraft
- Su-1 - high-altitude fighter
- Su-5 - jet-propeller fighter
- Su-6 - ground attack aircraft
- Su-8 - ground attack aircraft
- Su-9 - jet fighter
- Su-10 - jet bomber
- Su-12 - observation plane (1947)
- Su-15 - interceptor fighter
- Su-17 - fighter
- Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21 - a supersonic business jet design.
- KR-860 - Doubledeck Superjumbo jet design.
- Su-37 ("Terminator"), an improved Su-35
- Su-38 light agricultural aircraft
- S-32/37 - multirole fighter (was marketed for a time under the designation Su-47)
- Su-47 - experimental aircraft
- P-1 - interceptor fighter
- T-3 - fighter
- T-4 - supersonic bomber, quite similar in concept to XB-70 Valkyrie, which was developed by Sukhoi during the 60's and 70's.
- T-60S - intermediate range bomber.
- Sukhoi PAK FA/T-50 - 5th generation fighter. Future basic aircraft of Russian Frontline Aviation. Maiden flight is planned for 2009.[7]
- Sukhoi/HAL FGFA -
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 prefix.
See also: List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
[edit] References
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:8c2173f8-2f61-473b-bca3-e668f48ddf44&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
- ^ "Russia slams U.S. sanctions on Russian arms companies". People's Daily Online. 2006-08-05. http://english.people.com.cn/200608/05/eng20060805_290185.html.
- ^ Reuters, PREVIEW-Russia eyes new aviation glory with Superjet
- ^ Russian News and Information Agency
- ^ Russia's Own fifth generation combat aircraft
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sukhoi |
- Company web site: http://www.sukhoi.org/
- Other sources: http://www.sukhoi.ru/
- Russian Aviation Museum Sukhoi Pages : http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/sukhoj.html
- Painting: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/alvmaia/Sukhoi/
- Good article on OKB history @biograph.ru
Russia - Russian plane firm challenges West - By Jorn Madslien, BBC News
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