Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAPO or KnAAZ; ); based in

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur R ...

in the

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, is the largest aircraft-manufacturing company in

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. The company is among Khabarovsk Krai's most successful enterprises, and for years has been the largest

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of the territory.Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Association
/ref> In 1999 and 2001 the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of RF granted KnAAPO the title "best Russian enterprise".

Production

The company currently produces Su-27SM/SKM fighters,

Su-33 The Sukhoi Su-33 (-33; NATO reporting name: Flanker-D) is a Soviet/Russian all-weather Carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based twinjet, twin-engine air superiority fighter designed by Sukhoi and manufactured by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Produ ...

and Su-27KUB shipborne fighters, and Be-103 amphibians, among others. In February 2015 the company decided to stop the production of Su-30MK2 multirole fighters to focus on producing the

Su-35 The Sukhoi Su-35 (-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M, occasionally nicknamed "Super Flanker") is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable, 4.5 ge ...

and

Su-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 (; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a Twinjet, twin-engine stealth aircraft, stealth Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (, prospective aeronautical comp ...

stealth multirole fighter aircraft. The assembly line for all versions of the new

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" ...

is located at the company's facilities. Together with

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 ...

(which focuses on component production), the company is expected to produce 70 Superjet airframes by 2012. KnAAPO also manufactures 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 ...

, and started in August 2021 to produce the Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate. The plant uses Dzyomgi Airport as a testing and delivery airfield.

Ownership

Shareholders of KnAAPO (JSC): *

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 ...

(25.5% of the shares) *“Sukhoi Company“ JSC (74.5% of the shares) *KnAAPO (JSC) owns 5.41% of the shares of Sukhoi Design Bureau (JSC)

References

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* . . {{Authority control Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union Sukhoi Companies based in Khabarovsk Krai 1927 establishments in the Soviet Union