Sukhoi (Russian: Сух йо́� ) is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer famous for its fighters. Founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939

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 was prohibited from doing business with the United States Federal Government.[4] In November of 2006, the US State Department reversed its sanctions against Sukhoi.[5]

The Year's resultsIn 2004, Sukhoi Company met all targets in contracted export deliveries of combat aircraft channelled through Rosoboronexport. A total of 40 Su-marque planes were delivered for export and to Russia's Defence Ministry.

Su-27/Su-30 type fighters still remain a major item of Russia's arms export. In 2004, aircraft accounted for approximately 40% of total military exports, which amounted to about $5.6bn. Sukhoi's sales in the last year were 45bln roubles (over $1.5bn); the export share in the Company's total sales was about 95%; the

share of non-defence products in the total sales was about 5%. As of end of year, the Company employed a total of 31,000+ people.

Between 1996 and 2003, Rosoboronexport FSUE made export contracts worth a total of $12bn+ for delivery of Su-marque combat aircraft and licensing their manufacture abroad. Malaysia will be the 30th country to receive Su- aeroplanes. About 250 Sukhois will be produced within the next few years abroad under a licence with the technical assistance and direct involvement of Sukhoi Company. In 2002-2004, customers received about 140 Su- aircraft (taking into account upgraded machines for the Air Forces of Russia).

The Company has been enjoying higher profit margins from direct deliveries of spare parts and maintenance of the aeroplanes delivered previously. In 2003, the sales of services fetched $15m. In 2004, the Company discharged contracts worth a total of $135m, and in 2005, the sales of services are expected to exceed $150m. In 2004, the licence mentioned above brought in about 10 direct export contracts (Algeria, Belarus, China, India, Kazakhstan). Sukhoi plans to claim a minimum of 80% of the market in spare parts for Su- marque aircraft delivered previously. This market is expected to be worth $1bn in the next few years.

Over the recent years Sukhoi has emerged as the leader of Russian aircraft building and has strengthened its position in the global market as well. The ratings of 100 leading defence contractors, compiled by the Defense News daily, shows the Company placed 28th. According to experts, the Company currently accounts for 14% of the global output of aircraft products, its share expected to rise to 16% by 2015. Sukhoi's exports account for 25% of the global market in combat aircraft, including licensed and joint production.

In 2004, the Company completed stage 1 of the governmental testing of Su-27SM aircraft, as well as the preliminary stage of testing of upgraded inventory Su-24M2 and Su-25SM planes. Work has begun to modify the aircraft at KnAAPO and NAPO production plants and aircraft repair plants. First stage testing has been completed on the frontline multi-role strike aircraft of the Su-34 type. The Customer's acceptance committee has approved conceptual design of a 5th-generation fighter. December 2004 witnessed a three-year contract made for delivery of aircraft to the Air Forces of Russia; the contract provides for the Company to hand over to the Armed Forces the first regiment of upgraded Su-27SM aircraft by 2006.

The next decade is expected to see Sukhoi keeping the annual exports of combat aircraft at $1.5bn. Exports of civil aircraft, such as new regional aircraft (RRJ Project), will account in addition for about $1bn annually in future years. At the 2004 Farnborough Air Show, the Siberia airline, Russia's leading domestic carrier, signed a firm-order agreement for 50 new RRJ jet airliners worth about $1bn. The manufacturing of the first planes is scheduled for early 2005, with deliveries to the Customer to start in 2007. The UTair Company announced its intention to purchase up to 20 RRJ-series aeroplanes. There has been a strategic partnership memorandum signed with Russian Post FSUE, providing for development and production of dedicated postal cargo aircraft in the interests of the Russian Post.

Negotiations with potential customers, including foreign parties, are still in progress, centring on Be-103, An-38 and Su-80 aircraft produced at the Komsomolsk and Novosibirsk plants, which are members of the Company.

Sukhoi Design Bureau (JSC)

The origin of Joint-Stock Company Sukhoi Design Bureau dates back to team No 4 of CAHI's AGOS aviation, flying boat aviation and aircraft prototype engineering facility, the team having been taken over by P.O. Sukhoi in October 1930. It was at that point that the team of the future Design Bureau started to take shape.

The next nine years saw the team produce: The experimental fighters I-3, I-14, DIP; The record-breaking RD aircraft used by the crews of V.P.

Chkalov and M.M. Gromov to perform a number of trailblazing long-distance flights, and by the crew of M.M. Gromov to set an absolute world record in direct flight range, 10,148 km, the distance having been covered in 62 hours 17 min;

The long-range DB-2 bomber, an upgraded version of which, called Rodina, was used by the all-female crew under V.S. Grizodubova to perform a non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far East;

The multi-role BB-1 aircraft (after 1940 known as the Su-2), which was the first Sukhoi series aircraft to be produced in large numbers (910 planes) and in its short-range bomber and artillery recon/spotter versions took an active part in the Great Patriotic War.

To set up production of the BB-1, the government resolution of 29th July 1939 appointed P.O. Sukhoi Chief Designer. He, together with the team of the Design Bureau, which had been given a standalone status, was relocated to production aircraft plant No 135 in Kharkov.

The subsequent efforts of the team are focused on development of: versions of the Su-2 aircraft; The prototype armoured Su-6 attack aircraft in single-seat and two-seat versions, for

which P.O. Sukhoi was awarded Stalin's Prize of the 1st Level in 1943; The prototype cannon-armed Su-1 (Su-3) fighter; The prototype long-range two-seat armoured Su-8 attack aircraft; The experimental Su-5 and Su-7 with combined powerplants.

Beginning in 1945, the Design Bureau was engaged in development and building of: The Su-9, Su-11, Su-15, Su-17 jet fighters (the first ones under this system of naming); The Su-10 jet bomber; The twin-engine Su-12 piston recon/spotter Su-12.

The Tu-2 bomber platform was used to develop, and put into production, the trainer bomber UTB-2; it addition, design work was carried out on passenger and troop-carrying aircraft, the Su-14 jet attack aircraft and a number of other aeroplanes.

The five post-war years saw the Design Bureau develop and introduce the nation's first: booster aircraft control system; landing braking parachute; catapult ejection seat with telescopic trolley; jettisonable nose with pressurized cockpit.

In November 1949, a government's resolution scrapped the Design Bureau, not to be resurrected till May 1953, when it was set up with new production facilities. The Design Bureau got a new lease on life with the advent of supersonic jet aviation. That is why the design team's major projects at the initial stage were the supersonic fighters S-1 and T-3. The S-1 provided a platform for the family of fighter-bombers, the Su-7 and Su-17, and more than 20 versions of them, with the Su-17 becoming the USSR's first aeroplane with a variable sweep wing. The experimental T-3 became the platform for the first Soviet target interception air launched missile system Su-9-51 and the subsequent Su-11-8M and Su-15-98(M) systems. In the '60s, the list of the equipment being developed by the Design Bureau became longer. In 1962, a project was launched to produce a long-range strike/recon aircraft, the T-4, the maiden flight of the prototype taking place on 22nd August 1972. This aircraft featured this country's first fly-by-wire system and automatic throttle control, with a weld-fabricated airframe of titanium and heavy-duty steel.

The year 1969 saw the maiden flight of the frontline Su-24 bomber with variable sweep wing, the first Soviet all-weather strike aircraft. The Su-24 was produced in several versions. It is currently in the inventory of the Air Forces of the RF and a number of other countries.

The year 1975 saw the maiden flight of the armoured Su-25 attack aircraft designed for destruction of battlefield targets. The Su-25 was the nation's first mass-produced jet attack aircraft; it has several versions and is currently a key asset of RF combat aviation.

In 1969, the Design Bureau started development of a fourth-generation fighter, and in 1977, the prototype Su-27 fighter made its first flight. In the following years, the Su-27 platform was used to

produce the Su-27UB, Su-30, Su-32, and Su-33.

In order to implement design solutions and master new materials and engineering processes, an experimental prototype aircraft, the Su-47 (maiden flight 1997), was developed.

The aircraft-building experience gained by the Design Bureau's team over many decades made it possible to produce a family of aerobatic aeroplanes, the Su-26, Su-29, and Su-31. With these machines, the national aerobatics team of the USSR and RF have won a total of 330 medals (156 gold medals) at the World and European Championships.

At the beginning of the '90s, the Design Bureau initiated work on civil projects. The year 2001 saw the first flights of the utility transport aircraft Su-80GP and the agricultural Su-38L plane.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (CJSC) is currently engaged in developing a family of regional RRJ aeroplanes.

In different periods, the team was headed by P.O. Sukhoi, Ye.A. Ivanov, M.P. Simonov, and since 1999, the Chief Executive Officer has been M.A. Pogosyan. Over many decades, the Design Bureau's team has developed about 100 aircraft types and versions, with 60+ types put into production, giving a total of 10,000 production aeroplanes. Over 2,000 planes have been exported, to 30 countries. Su- planes have been used to establish over 50 world records.

Sukhoi Design Bureau during the WarIn the early 1920s, under the supervision of A.N. Tupolev, CAHI set up a department of aviation, hydroaviation and aircraft prototype engineering (AGOS). In October 1930, P.O. Sukhoi becomes head of the AGOS team, which, as the process of designing and building various aircraft went on, formed the backbone of the design team of P.O. Sukhoi.

The team's most successful product, a culmination of a number of achievements in the world aviation science and technology of that time, was probably the multi-role aircraft Ivanov (SZ, BB-1). That aircraft, in the light of governmental testing results, was recommended for production at plant No 135 in the town of Kharkov. To provide assistance to the plant in setting up production of the BB-1 bomber, the 29th July 1939 government resolution appointed P.O. Sukhoi chief designer of plant No 135 and sent him to the plant, together with a 63-strong team, which was given the status of a standalone design bureau. In 1940, the task given by the government successfully completed, the Design Bureau of P.O. Sukhoi was assigned a new production facility, plant No 289, located in the town of Kaliningrad, Moscow Region. Concurrently with providing support for full-scale production of the BB-1 aircraft (after December 1940 known as the Su-2), the Design Bureau undertook development of additional versions, delivering a single-engine single-pilot armoured attack aircraft (SSAAA) and single-seat cannon-armed fighter, the I-135.

In 1940, series production of aircraft Su-2 was set up at two more plants: No 31 in the town of Taganrog and No 207 in the town of Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region. By spring 1942, there had been produced a total of 910 Su-2 aeroplanes.

Su-2 aircraft production

Plant numberYear

Total1940 1941 1942

Plant No 135 110 625 40 802

Plant No 207 3 89 - 92

Plant No 31 12 4 - 16

Total 125 745 40 910

Su-2s started to be put into service with the AFRA units in the second half of 1940. By the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the aircraft park numbered 213 aeroplanes: Western Front 75, South-Western Front 114, 9th separate army of OMD 24. The hostilities through 1944 involved (according to a number of sources) 14 to 17 short-range bomber regiments, over 12 reconnaissance and spotter squadrons and 18 flights armed with Su-2 aeroplanes.

The aeroplanes were used for fighting by 27 Heroes of the Soviet Union, five of whom were awarded the title when flying combat missions on the Su-2.

In 1941, senior lieutenant Ye.I. Zelenko, flying a Su-2 aeroplane, performed a ramming manoeuvre to become the first and only female pilot in the world to have rammed an enemy plane.

Upon the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, along with a majority of other aircraft industry facilities, plant No 289 was evacuated from Moscow, to Molotov, now Perm, where it stayed till mid-1943.

During that period, the Design Bureau produced a SSAAA-attack-aircraft-based two-seat armoured attack aircraft, the Su-6, which in terms of certain parameters was superior to the famous «flying tank», the Il-2. The Su-6 did not go into production, but in 1943 P.O. Sukhoi was awarded a Stalin Prize of the 1st Level for its development.

The year 1944 saw the maiden flight of a twin-engine two-seat armoured attack aircraft, the Su-8, which remained a one-off aeroplane.

Winner of Stalin Prize of 1st Level, P.O. Sukhoi, mid-1940s.

P.O. Sukhoi at work, 1940s

Two-seat armoured attack aircraft Su-6 with M-71F engine (1943)

Two-seat armoured attack aircraft Su-8 with two M-71F engines (1944)

Su-2 aeroplane being prepared for a combat mission

Fighter I-135 (Su-1), 1941

Short-range bomber Su-2 with M-82 engine (1941)

Hero of the Soviet Union senior lieutenant Yekaterina Ivanovna Zelenko

Pilot Pushkin in the cockpit of Su-2 aircraft

Su-2 on an airstrip

Su-2 Su-2 on skis

The holding’s structure

Sukhoi Company (JSC)

General director Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan

Chairman of the board of directors - Aleksey Innokentievich Fedorov

Members of the board of directors: Valery Bezverkhny, Oleg Demchenko, Sergey Korotkov, Igor Ozar, Mikhail Pogosyan, Sergey Prikhodko, Vassily Proutkovsky, Vladislav Putilin, Vladimir Salamatov, Aleksey Fedorov, Sergey Chemezov.

Sukhoi Company (JSC) is a major Russian aircraft holding, employing over 28,000 people. Among the holding members are leading Russian design bureaus and aircraft production plants. The Company supports a complete cycle of work in aircraft engineering: from frontend engineering to comprehensive aftersales support. The holding's products, such as Su-marque combat, civil and aerobatic aircraft, are state-of-the-art weapons systems in the global market, which form the backbone of the frontline aviation of Russia and the tactical air forces of many countries of the world.

The company holds 3rd place in the world in terms of the numbers of modern fighters produced. The Holding is Russia's major supplier of export aircraft. The Company is working to enhance the combat capability of Russia's Air Forces, implementing promising military and civil aircraft engineering projects.

Sukhoi exports account for about 95% of its total sales. Over the recent years, Sukhoi Company (JSC) has not only confirmed its reputation as the leader of the Russian aircraft-manufacturing industry, but also strengthened its position in the global aircraft and arms market. In 2003, the Rosoboronexport FSUE exported $1.5bn worth of Su-marque aircraft, which provided a stable workload for the holding's production facilities and its main contractors. This was used as a launching pad for a long-term expansion programme, now being implemented, which is aimed at upgrading and developing new prospective military and civil aircraft.

Su- brand equipment has been put into service in 80 countries all over the world. Su-marque combat aircraft have been delivered to India, China, Iraq, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Syria, Algeria, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Peru, Angola, and Ethiopia. A total of over 2,000 Su- aeroplanes have been sent to foreign countries under export contracts. As of today, Sukhoi's priority regional markets are China, India, and countries of South-East Asia.

In 2003, contracts for delivery of Su- combat aircraft and licences for their production abroad were worth more than $2.4bn.

Sukhoi Design Bureau (JSC)

General director Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan

Executive director – Igor Yakovlevich Ozar

Members of the board of directors: Aleksandr Barkovsky, Boris Bregman, Vladimir Viktorov, Aleksandr Gnousarev, Sergey Korotkov, Aleksandr Mikheyev, Igor Ozar, Mikhail Pogosyan, Viktor Shirokov.

With its unconventional tackling of technical challenges, unorthodox engineering solutions and pioneering spirit, Sukhoi Design Bureau is a recognised leader in design of various aircraft in Russia's aviation industry.

The design bureau, founded in 1939 by P.O. Sukhoi, has produced a great number of combat aircraft, including the fighter Su-7; fighter-interceptors Su-9, Su-11, and Su-15; the variable geometry fighter-bomber Su-17; front-line bomber Su-24; attack aircraft Su-25; air-superiority fighters Su-27, Su-30, and Su-33; fighter-bomber Su-32; forward-swept wing aircraft Su-47, the Su-80 and the Su-38.

A total of 150+ gold medals have been won at World and European Championships on aerobatic Su-26, Su-29 and Su-31 aircraft.

Today the Sukhoi Design Bureau's team of high-calibre professionals is capable of developing

cutting-edge aircraft.

Scope of activities

Aircraft R&D.

Current projects

development of new-generation aircraft; the military planes Su-24MK, Su-30MK, Su-33, Su-34, Su-35, and Su-39;

multirole utility transport aircraft Su-80GP; aerobatic aeroplanes Su-29 and Su-31M; agricultural aircraft Su-38L.

KnAAPO (JSC)

General director – Aleksandr Ivanovich Pekarsh

Chairman of the board of directors - Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan

Members of the board of directors: Boris Bregman, Natalia Konstantinova, Sergey Korotkov, Aleksandr Klementiev, Victor Merkulov, Igor Ozar, Aleksandr Pekarsh, Mikhail Pogosyan, Vladimir Chmelyov.

The Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association named after Yu. A. Gagarin is Russia's major aircraft-manufacturing company. Built in 1934, the aircraft plant has now emerged as a major concern in the Far Eastern region of Russia, which has manufactured hundreds of civil aircraft and thousands of various-role combat aeroplanes from the first recon aircraft to modern Su- series fighters and light amphibian aeroplanes.

The Association is a leading manufacturer of combat planes in Russia.

Scope of activities

production of military and civil aircraft for domestic and foreign markets; production of technical packages for licensed production; repairs, upgrading and aftersales support of aircraft; production of non-defence products, consumer goods, airlift services.

Current projects

Su-27 series fighters; multi-role fighters Su-30MKK, Su-30MK2, Su-35; light amphibian aeroplanes Be-103 and SA-20P Osa; multi-role utility transport aircraft Su-80GP; setting up production of RRJ-series Russian regional aeroplanes; programme to produce fifth-generation combat aircraft.

NAPO (JSC)

General director – Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovsky

Chairman of the board of directors – Sergey Korotkov

Members Board of Directors: Fyodor Zhdanov, Vladimir Viktorov, Mikhail Kashtan, Natalia Konstantinova, Sergey Korotkov, Victor Soubbotin, Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, Yury Tarasov, Vassily Yurchenko.

The V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association, founded in 1931, is Russia's major aircraft production concern. The association has manufactured about 29,000 planes of various types.

Scope of activities

production of military and civil aircraft; repairs, upgrading and aftersales support of aircraft;

training of flying and engineering personnel; production of consumer goods.

Current projects

production of Su-32 fighter-bomber; repair and upgrading of frontline Su-24 bomber; series production of An-38-200 passenger aircraft for local airlines; setting up of production of RRJ-series of Russian regional jets; programme to produce fifth-generation combat aircraft.

Irkut SPC (JSC)

President Fyodorov Alexei Innokentyevich

Chairman of the Board of Directors O.F. Demchenko

Members of the Board of Directors: V.M. Agapkin, V.B. Bezverkhny, O.F. Demchenko, A.I. Isaikin, A.N. Klementyev, N.K. Mikhailova, M.A. Pogosyan, M.V. Poletayev, A.K. Ponomarev, A.I. Fyodorov, S.V. Chemezov.

The Irkut Corporation is a vertically integrated holding with a focus on design, production, distribution and aftersales support of military and civil aircraft.

Scope of activities

production of military and civil aircraft; development of light and middle-weight unmanned airborne systems; development, prototype engineering and testing of military transport and amphibian

aircraft.

Current projects

series production of multi-role combat Su-30MK planes; series production of multi-role Be-200 amphibian plane.

TANTK (JSC)

General director Victor Anatolyevich Kobzev

Chairman of the board of birectors A.I. Fyodorov

Members of the board of directors: A.M. Abdulkerimov, Ye.M. Ageyev, V.B. Bezverkhny, V.V. Boyev, V.A. Kobzev, V.V. Kovalkov, V.S. Prisyazhnyuk, A.I. Fyodorov, S.V. Tsivilev.

Founded 1934 as the Central Design Bureau of Seaborne Aircraft Manufacturing. With its 70-year history, TANTK has covered a lot of ground in its creative quest, and made a significant contribution to the science and development of national aircraft manufacturing. Today TANTK is one of Russia's leading design bureaus and the world leader in the development of amphibian aircraft.

Scope of activities

development, prototype engineering and testing of seaplanes for naval and maritime aviation, as well as aeroplanes for local airlines;

Current projects

upgrading of the A-50 aircraft; amphibian jet aircraft A-40 Albatross; multi-role amphibian aircraft Be-200 (manufacturer Irkut corporation);

lightweight amphibian aircraft Be-103 (manufacturer KnAAPO); Be-32K aircraft for local airlines.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (CJSC)

President – Vladimir S. Prisyazhnyuk

Chairman of the board of directors – Leonid N. Komm

Members of the board of directors: Mikhail A. Pogosyan, Leonid N. Komm, Vitaliy P. Keondzhyan, Giovanni Bertolone, Vladimir M. Lopukhin, Igor Y. Ozar, Victor V. Subbotin, Carlo Logli.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) is a Sukhoi Company subsidiary founded in 2000 to design, produce, market and support civil programs. Headquartered in Moscow, SCAC has branches at the main production sites located in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Novosibirsk and Voronezh. The company staff amounts to 2,000+ employees.

Focused on commercial aviation business, SCAC comprehensively covers a full aircraft-related scope of competences: aircraft design & development, production, marketing, sales and support.

Currently, the Company’s major project is Sukhoi Superjet 100, a family of regional aircraft comprised of 75- and 95-seaters in basic (SSJ100/75B and SSJ100/95B) and long-range configuration (SSJ100/75LR and SSJ100/95LR).

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 family involves the best international industry resources. We have gathered such profound team players as the Italian Alenia Aeronautica being our partner and Snecma playing the role of our risk-sharing partner, while the globally recognized Boeing Commercial Airplanes offers its consultancy support. All in all, more than 30 globally recognized system and component suppliers are a part of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 family project.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 integrates the world’s best industry practices and solutions. All aircraft will be certified in accordance with both Russian and international requirements. SSJ100’s technical and operational performance make the product fully marketable and capable of taking a solid share in the highly competitive global market. According to joint estimates with Alenia Aeronautica, the market volume for Sukhoi Superjet 100 family aircraft is equal to 1040 planes until the year 2026, while the global demand for the aircraft of this class totals 6,100.

Policy

Human resources and social management

Development of HR potential in accordance with the Company's strategic objectives and tasks.

Providing a productive working environment. Providing opportunities and incentives for staff to realise their potential and advance careers.

Putting in place a comprehensive system for continuing education of personnel. Setting up a personnel reserve.

Remuneration of labour in accordance with the employee's performance and personal contribution to the Company's overall performance.

Providing social security for the holding's staff. Fostering corporate culture.

Top management

Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan General Director of Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company (JSC).

Boris Davydovich Bregman First deputy general director for economics and logistics.

Sergei Sergeyevich Korotkov First deputy general director for Sukhoi programmes.

Alexei Ivanovich Knyshev First Deputy General Director.

Evgeny Mikhailovich Ageyev Deputy general director for interfacing with government agencies and corporate development.

Sergei Alexeyevich Sergeyev Deputy general director for precontractual studies.

Vladimir Sergeyevich Prisyazhnyuk Deputy general director for corporate relations and support of Sukhoi Company.

Vladimir Anatolyevich Viktorov Deputy general director for logistics.

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Klementyev Deputy general director for marketing.

Vadim Georgiyevich Razumovsky Deputy general director for public relations.

Natalia Viktorovna Konstantinova Deputy general director for economics.

Yury Mikhailovich Tarasov Deputy general director for technological development of facilities and quality assurance.

Igor Yakovlev Ozar Deputy general director for corporate finances.

Valentin Vladimirovich Boyev Deputy general director for civil aircraft and hydroaviation.

Yelena Yevgenyevna Rakushina Chief accountant.