The
public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin (russian: Илью́шин) or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a former
Soviet
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and now a
Russian aircraft manufacturer and
design bureau, founded in 1933 by
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Soviet/Russian nomenclature identifies aircraft from Ilyushin with the prefix "Il-" ( ru , Ил-). Ilyushin has its head office in
Aeroport District,
Northern Administrative Okrug,
Moscow
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.
History
Ilyushin was established under the
Soviet Union
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. Its operations began on 13 January 1933, by order of P. I. Baranov, People's Commissar of the Heavy Industry and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry.
In 1970, the position of chief designer was taken by
G. V. Novozhilov
In 2006 the Russian government merged Ilyushin with
Mikoyan
Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (russian: Российская самолётостроительная корпорация „МиГ“, Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya "MiG"), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, was a Russi ...
,
Irkut,
Sukhoi,
Tupolev
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Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau ( OKB-156, design off ...
, and
Yakovlev under a new company named
United Aircraft Corporation.
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In July 2014 it was reported that Ilyushin and
Myasishchev would merge to form the United Aircraft Corporation business unit Transport Aircraft.
Subsidiaries and divisions
Aviation Industries Ilyushin is a subsidiary established in 1992 to act as Ilyushin's marketing and
customer service
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arm.
Ilyushin Finance Co is a dedicated leasing and finance subsidiary that provides financial services for Ilyushin as well as other manufacturers.
See also
*
List of Ilyushin aircraft
*
List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
References
External links
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United Aircraft Corporation
Aircraft manufacturers of Russia
Aircraft manufacturers of Uzbekistan
Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Companies based in Moscow
Russian brands
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1933
1933 establishments in Russia
Design bureaus