Sukhoi (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. 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 is comprised of the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau located in Moscow, the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association (NAPO), the Komsomolsk-na-Amure Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO) and Irkutsk Aviation. Sukhoi is headquartered in Moscow. Finmeccanica is purchasing 25% of Sukhoi's civil division."Finmeccanica Will Buy 25% of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft." Bloomberg.com. February 21, 2006. The Russian government is planning to merge Sukhoi with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation."Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." The New York Times. February 22, 2006.

Currently the Su-24, Su-25, Su-24M, Su-27, Su-30, and shipborne Su-33 aircraft are in service of the Russian Air Force and Navy. Sukhoi fighter aircraft were supplied to India, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Syria, Algeria, North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Angola, Ethiopia, and Peru. 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 aerobatics aircraft.

Production aircraft

• Su-2 - light bomber
• Su-7 'Fitter' - attack plane
• Su-9 'Fishpot' - interceptor fighter
• Su-11 'Fishpot-C' - interceptor fighter
• Su-12 - observation plane (1947)
• Su-15 'Flagon' - interceptor fighter
• Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 'Fitter' - attack plane
• Su-24 'Fencer' - jet bomber
• Su-25 'Frogfoot' - ground attack aircraft
• Su-26 single seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
• Su-27 'Flanker A/B'
• Su-28/Su-25UB - Trainer and Demostrator
• Su-29 double- seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
• Su-30 'Flanker-C'
• Su-31 single seat aerobatic aircraft ( civil)
• Su-33 'Flanker-D', carrier-based aircraft
• Su-34 'Fullback' "Platypus"
• Su-27M/Su-35 'Flanker-E'
• Su-37 'Terminator'
• Su-47 'Berkut'
• Su-25TM/ Su-39 'Frogfoot' - ground attack aircraft, optimised for anti-tank use
• Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21, a supersonic business jet design.
• S-80, a twin-turboprop STOL
• Russian Regional Jet

Experimental aircraft

• Su-5 - jet-propeller fighter
• Su-6 - ground attack aircraft
• Su-8 - ground attack aircraft
• Su-9 - jet fighter
• Su-37 'Flanker-F' ("Terminator"), an improved Su-35
• Su-38 light agricultural aircraft
• S-32/37 Berkut - multirole fighter (was marketed for a time under the designation Su-47)
• T-4 - supersonic bomber, very similar in concept to the American XB-70 Valkyrie

''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.

Example: S-37 and T-10.''

See also: List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

References

External links

• 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

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