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The JSC Sukhoi Company (, ) is a
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headquartered in
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,
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,
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, that designs both civilian and military aircraft. Sukhoi was founded in the
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by
Pavel Sukhoi Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (; , ''Paviel Vosipavič Suchi''; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev ...
in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su), and survived the
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. In February 2006, the
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merged Sukhoi with
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,
Ilyushin The Open joint-stock company , public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin () or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Ilyushin , Sergey Vladimir ...
, Irkut,
Tupolev Tupolev ( rus, Туполев, , ˈtupəlʲɪf), officially United Aircraft Company Tupolev - Public Joint Stock Company, is a Russian aerospace and Arms industry, defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. UAC Tupolev is succes ...
, and
Yakovlev The Joint-stock company, JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau () is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is a subsidiary of Yakovle ...
as a new company named
United Aircraft Corporation The PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) () is a Russian Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and Arms industry, defense corporation. With a majority stake belonging to the Russian government, it consolidates Russian private and state-owned Russ ...
.Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger
." ''
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.'' February 22, 2006.


History


Origins

In March 1930, nine years before the creation of the bureau,
Pavel Sukhoi Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (; , ''Paviel Vosipavič Suchi''; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev ...
, an
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, took over team no. 4 of the CAHI's AGOS aviation, flying boat aviation and aircraft prototype engineering facility. Under Sukhoi's leadership, the team of the future design bureau started to take shape. The team, under the
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OKB, produced experimental fighters such as the I-3, I-14, and the DIP, a record-breaking RD aircraft, the
Tupolev ANT-25 The Tupolev ANT-25 was a Soviet long-range experimental aircraft which was also tried as a bomber. First constructed in 1933, it was used by the Soviet Union for a number of record-breaking flights. Development The ANT-25 was designed as the r ...
, flown by famous Soviet
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,
Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (; ; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was born to a Russian family in 1904 in the upper Volga region, the town of Chkalovsk, Russia, Vasi ...
and Mikhail Gromov, and the long-range bombers such as the
Tupolev TB-1 The Tupolev TB-1 (development name ANT-4) was a Soviet Union, Soviet bomber aircraft, an angular monoplane that served as the backbone of the Soviet bomber force for many years, and was the first large all-metal aircraft built in the Soviet Unio ...
and the
Tupolev TB-3 The Tupolev TB-3, OKB designation ANT-6, was a monoplane heavy bomber deployed by the Soviet Air Force in the 1930s and used during the early years of World War II. It was one of the world's first cantilever wing four-engine heavy bombers. Des ...
. In 1936,
Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...
, leader of the Soviet Union, issued a requirement for a
multirole combat aircraft A multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat. These roles can include air to air combat, air support, aerial bombing, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and suppression of air def ...
. As a result, Sukhoi and his team developed the BB-1, a
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and
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in 1937. The BB-1 was approved, and under a July 29, 1939 government resolution, the Sukhoi OKB, designated OKB-51 and called the Sukhoi Design Bureau, was developed to establish production for the aircraft. The BB-1 was introduced and later adopted by the
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in the same year. A year later, the BB-1 was later designated the
Sukhoi Su-2 The Sukhoi Su-2 () is a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft used in the early stages of World War II. It was the first airplane designed by Pavel Sukhoi. The basic design received an engine and armament upgrade (Su-4) and was modi ...
. A total of 910 Su-2 aircraft were built. The resolution also made Sukhoi chief designer, gave Sukhoi's team of the
design bureau OKB () is a transliteration of the Russian initials for "" (), which translates to "Experimental Design Bureau." It could also mean or "Special Design Bureau" in english. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and ...
standalone status and relocation of the bureau to the Production Aircraft Plant No. 135 in
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,
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. However, Sukhoi was not satisfied with its location, since it was isolated from the scientific pole of
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. Sukhoi later relocated the bureau to the
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of
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, completing half of the relocation by 1940. Sukhoi encountered another issue: the bureau had no production line in Moscow, thus making it useless as Sukhoi had nothing to do.


World War II

During the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, the Su-2 needed a successor, as it was proved obsolete and under-armed against Nazi aircraft, with 222 aircraft destroyed in total. Sukhoi and his bureau designed a two-seat armored
ground-attack aircraft An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pres ...
, the Sukhoi Su-6, considered in some terms to be superior to its competitor, the
Ilyushin Il-2 The Ilyushin Il-2 ( Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word ''shturmovík'' (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term ...
. The government, however, later chose the Il-2 over the Su-6, but rewarded Sukhoi a Stalin Prize of the 1st Level for its development in 1943. Sukhoi and this team later focused on development of variants of the Su-2, the prototype cannon-armed Sukhoi Su-1 (Su-3) fighter, as well as the
Sukhoi Su-8 The Sukhoi Su-8 or DDBSh ( - Twin-engine two-seat armored ground attack aircraft) was a Soviet Union, Soviet prototype attack aircraft, ground-attack aircraft of World War II. Development While Sukhoi was perfecting the light Sukhoi Su-6 attack ...
, which to serve as a long-range ground-attack aircraft for the
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, but was later discarded as the Soviet Union was winning the Eastern Front.


Cold War

After the war, Sukhoi and his team were among the first Soviet aircraft designers who led the work on
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, creating several experimental jet fighters. Sukhoi started developing two mixed-power fighters, the
Sukhoi Su-5 The Sukhoi Su-5 or I-107 was a Soviet mixed-power (propeller and motorjet) prototype fighter aircraft built toward the end of World War II. Development The appearance of the German turbojet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262 near the end of World War ...
and a modification of the Sukhoi Su-6 named Su-7 before 1945. At the start of 1945, the design bureau started working on jet fighters such as the
Sukhoi Su-9 The Sukhoi Su-9 (Air Standardization Coordinating Committee, ASCC reporting name: Fishpot) is a single-engine, all-weather, missile-armed interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. Development The Su-9 emerged from aerodynamic studie ...
,
Sukhoi Su-11 The Sukhoi Su-11 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot-C) is an interceptor aircraft used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Design and development The Su-11 was an upgraded version of the Sukhoi Su-9 ('Fishpot') interceptor, which had been deve ...
,
Sukhoi Su-15 The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s. The Su-15 was designed to replace t ...
, and the
Sukhoi Su-17 The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet serv ...
, the Sukhoi Su-10 jet-propulsed
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, and the
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and artillery spotter
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, the
Sukhoi Su-12 The Sukhoi Su-12 (Aircraft RK) was a prototype Soviet Union, Soviet reconnaissance and artillery spotter aircraft developed during World War II. Development In November 1943, the Sukhoi OKB designed an artillery spotter aircraft based on the Ge ...
. Sukhoi and his team also used the
Tupolev Tu-2 The Tupolev Tu-2 (development names ANT-58 and 103; NATO reporting name Bat) is a twin-engined Soviet high-speed daylight and frontline bomber aircraft used during World War II. The Tu-2 was tailored to meet a requirement for a high-speed bomber ...
bomber to develop and produce the trainer bomber UTB-2, worked on passenger and troop-carrying aircraft, the
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Sukhoi Su-14, and several other aircraft. From 1945 to 1950, Sukhoi and his team also developed the Soviet Union's first booster aircraft control system,
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, catapult
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with telescopic trolley, and a jettisonable nose with a pressurized cockpit. From 1949, Sukhoi fell out of Stalin's favor and in a government resolution, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was scrapped, and Sukhoi was forced to return to work under
Andrei Tupolev Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (; – 23 December 1972) was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau. Tupolev was an early pioneer of aeronautics i ...
, this time as Deputy Chief Designer. In 1953, the year of
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, he was permitted to reestablish his own Sukhoi Design Bureau, which was set up with new production facilities.


Contemporary era

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, each of the multitude of bureaus and factories producing Sukhoi components was privatized independently. In the early 1990s, Sukhoi started diversifying its products and initiated Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to create a line of
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projects for the company. The progress made by the new branch would lead to the development of the utility aircraft, the Su-80, and the agricultural aircraft, the Su-38, less than a decade later. In 1996, the government re-gathered the major part of them forming Sukhoi Aviation Military Industrial Combine (Sukhoi AIMC). In parallel, other entities, including Ulan Ude factory, Tbilisi factory, Belarus and Ukraine factories, established alternate transnational Sukhoi Attack Aircraft (planning to produce e.g.
Su-25 The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' ( ('' rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. The ...
TM). The Sukhoi AIMC is composed of the
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Sukhoi Design Bureau and the JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, located in
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, the
Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association JSC Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association Plant named after V.P. Chkalov (NAPO) is one of the largest aerospace manufacturers in Russia. The company produces, repairs and upgrades Su-34 fighter-bombers. It is also involved in the Sukhoi ...
(NAPA), located in
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, and the
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAPO or KnAAZ; ); based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East, is the largest aircraft-manufacturing company in Russia. The company is among Khabarovsk Krai's most successful enterprises, and for y ...
(KnAAPO), located in
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. Sukhoi is headquartered in Moscow. Finmeccanica (since 2017, Leonardo) owns 25% + 1 share of Sukhoi's civil division.Finmeccanica Will Buy 25% of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft
." Bloomberg.com. February 21, 2006.
The Russian government merged Sukhoi with
Mikoyan Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Begovoy District, Moscow. Mikoyan was the successor to the Soviet Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau (Ми� ...
,
Ilyushin The Open joint-stock company , public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin () or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Ilyushin , Sergey Vladimir ...
, Irkut,
Tupolev Tupolev ( rus, Туполев, , ˈtupəlʲɪf), officially United Aircraft Company Tupolev - Public Joint Stock Company, is a Russian aerospace and Arms industry, defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. UAC Tupolev is succes ...
, and
Yakovlev The Joint-stock company, JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau () is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is a subsidiary of Yakovle ...
as a new company named
United Aircraft Corporation The PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) () is a Russian Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and Arms industry, defense corporation. With a majority stake belonging to the Russian government, it consolidates Russian private and state-owned Russ ...
in February 2006.Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger
". ''
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.'' February 22, 2006.
Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed within the same operating unit. In September 2007, Sukhoi launched its first modern
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—the Superjet 100 (SSJ 100), a 78 to 98 seater, built by Sukhoi. It was unveiled at
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. The maiden flight was made on May 19, 2008. In March 2008, Sukhoi was selected to design and produce the
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wings for Irkut's
MC-21 The Yakovlev MC-21 () is a Narrow-body airliner, single-aisle airliner, under development in Russia by the Yakovlev Corporation (formerly known as Irkut Corporation), a branch of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), itself a 92%-owned subsidi ...
's airframe. Sukhoi is also working on what is to be Russia's fifth-generation stealth fighter, the
Sukhoi Su-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 (; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (, prospective aeronautical complex of front-line aviation) programme, which was in ...
. The maiden flight took place on the 29 January 2010. As of January 2015, Sukhoi is working on a family of the regional airliner: the
Sukhoi Superjet 100 The Yakovlev SJ-100 (until August 2023: Sukhoi Superjet 100 SJ100 ) is a regional jet originally designed by the now-merged Russian aircraft company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a division of the United Aircraft Corporation (now: "Regional Aircraft" ...
, such as the jet airliner Superjet 130, which would have a seating capacity of 130 to 145 seats, and to bridge the gap of Russian aircraft between the Superjet Stretch and the
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.


Integration of the Irkut Corporation

At the end of November 2018,
United Aircraft Corporation The PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) () is a Russian Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and Arms industry, defense corporation. With a majority stake belonging to the Russian government, it consolidates Russian private and state-owned Russ ...
transferred from Sukhoi to the Irkut Corporation, to become UAC's
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division, as
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pulled out in early 2017 because of Superjet's poor financial performance. Irkut will manage the Superjet 100, the
MC-21 The Yakovlev MC-21 () is a Narrow-body airliner, single-aisle airliner, under development in Russia by the Yakovlev Corporation (formerly known as Irkut Corporation), a branch of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), itself a 92%-owned subsidi ...
and the Russo-Chinese CR929 widebody, but the Il-114 passenger turboprop and modernized
Ilyushin Il-96 The Ilyushin Il-96 () is a Russian Four-engined jet aircraft, four-engined jet long-haul Wide-body aircraft, wide-body airliner designed by Ilyushin in the former Soviet Union and manufactured by the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association in R ...
-400 widebody will stay with
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. The new commercial division will also include the Yakovlev Design Bureau, avionics specialist UAC—Integration Center and composite manufacturer AeroComposit. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), a developer and manufacturer of SuperJet aircraft, ceased operations as an independent legal entity and became a branch of IRKUT Corporation, changing its name to Regional aircraft. This is stated on the company's website. "Within the implementation of the strategy uniting civil aircraft companies into one Civil Aviation Division JSC “SCA” has been integrated into Irkut Corporation since February 17, 2020. JSC “SCA” Shareholders adopted the decision on June 27, 2019. Regional Aircraft – Branch of the Irkut Corporation shall resume the continuity of business in the areas of development, production and aftersales support of the aircraft," - it is stated on corporate website in the section "Company". In June 2023 patents for a new design of a single-engine Su-75 stealth fighter were filed and given the codename "Checkmate". The design has taken three years, and test aircraft are under construction. On 23 February 2024, smoke was seen emerging from a warehouse located on the site of Sukhoi Design Bureau's headquarters in
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. On 14 June 2024, another fire, this time more serious, broke out in a different building at the same site in Moscow, collapsing the roof of the latter. An area of some 800 square meters was destroyed. However, officials said the building wasn't in use then. Over 70 firefighters and 25 units were used to put out this fire.


Organization

* JSC Sukhoi Company ** CJSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (now acquired by
Irkut Corporation The JSC Yakovlev Corporation () () is a Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in the Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, It is the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft. The ...
and renamed:Regional Aircraft – Branch of the Irkut Corporation) ** JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau ** JSC Sukhoi Holdings ** Branches ***
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAPO or KnAAZ; ); based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East, is the largest aircraft-manufacturing company in Russia. The company is among Khabarovsk Krai's most successful enterprises, and for y ...
(KnAAPO) ***
Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association JSC Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association Plant named after V.P. Chkalov (NAPO) is one of the largest aerospace manufacturers in Russia. The company produces, repairs and upgrades Su-34 fighter-bombers. It is also involved in the Sukhoi ...
(NAPO)


Corporate governance


Chairman of Board of Directors

* Yury B. Slyusar,
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of the UAC


General Director

* Igor Y. Ozar


Members of Board of Directors

Members are elected by the annual general meeting of shareholders of the PJSC Sukhoi Company, with the election recently on June 28, 2017. * Ivan M. Goncharenko * Oleg Y. Demidov * Oleg F. Demchenko * Sergei N. Konosov * Nikolai F. Nikitin * Igor Y. Ozar, General Director of the PJSC Sukhoi Company * Yuri B. Slyusar,
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
of the UAC * Alexander V. Tulyakov * Sergei V. Yarkovoy


See also

* List of Sukhoi aircraft *
List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era. It also includes both native Soviet designs, Soviet-produced copies ...


References

Notes Bibliography * Bull, Stephan (2004). ''Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation''. Greenwood. . * Duffy, Paul (December 1996). ''Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft''. Society of Automotive Engineers. . * Gordon, Yefim (2008). ''Soviet Air Power in World War II''. Midland Publishing. . * Pederson, Jay (1998). ''International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 24''. St James Press. .


External links


Sukhoi website
(in Russian)
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft website
(in English) {{United Aircraft Building Corporation United Aircraft Corporation Aircraft manufacturers of Russia Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union Design bureaus