Sukhoi
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,
Malaysia,
Afghanistan,
Yemen,
Egypt,
Libya,
Iran,
Angola,
Ethiopia, and
Peru.
Venezuela will sign 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
aerobatics aircraft.
On
August 4,
2006 the
Bush administration imposed
sanctions on Sukhoi for supplying
Iran in violation of the United States
Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. Sukhoi is now prohibited from doing
business with the
United States Federal Government.
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Decomissioned Polish Su-20 (export version of Su-17) |
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Sukhoi Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) |
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Su-2 - light bomber
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Su-7 'Fitter' - attack plane
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Su-9 'Fishpot' - interceptor fighter
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Su-11 'Fishpot-C' - interceptor fighter
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Su-12 - observation plane (
1947)
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Su-15 'Flagon' - interceptor fighter
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Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 'Fitter' - attack plane
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Su-24 'Fencer' - jet bomber
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Su-25 'Frogfoot' -
ground attack aircraft *
Su-26 single seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
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Su-27 'Flanker A/B'*
Su-28/Su-25UB - Trainer and Demostrator
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Su-29 double- seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
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Su-30 'Flanker-C'*
Su-31 single seat aerobatic aircraft ( civil)
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Su-33 'Flanker-D', carrier-based aircraft
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Su-34 'Fullback' "Platypus"
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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
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Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21, a
supersonic business jet design.
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S-80, a twin-turboprop STOL
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Superjet 100*
Su-5 - jet-propeller fighter
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Su-6 - ground attack aircraft
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Su-8 - ground attack aircraft
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Su-9 - jet fighter
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Su-37 'Flanker-F' ("Terminator"), an improved Su-35
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Su-38 light
agricultural aircraft*
S-32/37 Berkut - multirole fighter (was marketed for a time under the designation Su-47)
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T-4 - supersonic bomber, very similar in concept to the
American XB-70 ValkyrieNote: 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
*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/
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Good article on OKB history @biograph.ru
