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Sukhoi (Сухой) is a major Russian manufacturer famous for its fighters. Founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su), it's 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-on-Amur Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO) and Irkutsk Aviation. Sukhoi is headquartered in Moscow. Finmeccanica owns 25% + 1 share of Sukhoi's civil division. The Russian government is planning to merge Sukhoi with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation.
Currently the Su-24, Su-25, Su-27, Su-30, and shipborne Su-33, Su-34, and Su-35 aircraft are in service of the Russian Air Force and Navy. Sukhoi attack or fighter aircraft were supplied to Armenia, India, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Georgia, Germany, Syria, Algeria, North Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Angola, Ethiopia, Peru, Eritrea, and Indonesia. Venezuela signed 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 aerobatic aircraft.
On August 4, 2006 the US State Department imposed sanctions on Sukhoi for allegedly 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. Russia launched on September 26, 2007, its first modern commercial regional airliner -- the Superjet, a 78 to 98 seater, built by Sukhoi. It was unveiled at Komsomolsk-on-Amur.. The Maiden flight was made on May 19 2008.

Production aircraft

Su-2 - light bomber
Su-7 - attack plane
Su-9 - interceptor fighter
Su-11 - interceptor fighter
Su-12 - observation plane (1947)
Su-15 - 1967, interceptor fighter
Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 - attack plane
Su-24 - 1974, jet bomber
Su-25 - ground attack aircraft
Su-26 - single seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
Su-27 - 1984
Su-28/Su-25UB - Trainer and Demonstrator
Su-29 - double seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
Su-30 - 1996
Su-31 - single seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
Su-33 - 1994, carrier-based aircraft
Su-34 - 2006, "Platypus"
Su-27M/Su-35 - 1995
Su-25TM/Su-39 - ground attack aircraft, optimised for anti-tank use
Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21 - a supersonic business jet design.
Su-80 - a twin-turboprop STOL transport
Superjet 100

Experimental aircraft

Su-1 -

Su-5 - jet-propeller fighter

Su-6 - ground attack aircraft

Su-8 - ground attack aircraft

Su-9 - jet fighter

Su-15 -

Su-17 -

Su-37 ("Terminator"), an improved Su-35

Su-38 light agricultural aircraft

S-32/37 - multirole fighter (was marketed for a time under the designation Su-47)

P-1

T-3 -

T-4 - supersonic bomber, very similar in concept to XB-70 Valkyrie, which was developed by Sukhoi during the 60's and 70's.

Sukhoi PAK FA/T-50 - 5th generation fighter. Future basic aircraft of Russian Frontline Aviation. Maiden flight is planned for 2008. 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 wasn't 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 CISFurther Information
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