Su-27s and Mig-29s

MiG AND SUKHOI TO MERGE UNDER UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION IN 2019

By Dario Leone
Jul 10 2017
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MiG and Sukhoi are Russia’s major aircraft manufacturers

As reported by TASS, starting from 2019, MiG Corporation and Sukhoi will merge into the combat aviation structural unit of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

“For us, the year 2019 is the year when we switch to the format of a single company, a single corporate contour while the division will be in the format of a unit of the UAC single company,” UAC President Yuri Slyusar said at Paris Air Show responding to a question about establishing a combat aviation complex based on Sukhoi and MiG.

UAC President Yuri Slyusar explained that the board of directors gave the green light for a single legal entity back in 2016, “We are working on this and we are implementing a roadmap, which was approved by decision of the board of directors back at the end of 2016.”

However Russia’s Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov earlier said that both firms will still be operating under their own names.

Noteworthy MiG and Sukhoi are Russia’s major aircraft manufacturers: their combat aircraft are state-of-the-art weapons systems in the global market and form the backbone of the frontline aviation of Russia and tactical air forces of many other countries.

Photo credit: By English: Aleksandr Markin; Русский: Александр Маркин (Su-27 and Mig-29), via Wikimedia Commons


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Dario Leone

Dario Leone

Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news media. He has reported from Europe and flown Super Puma and Cougar helicopters with the Swiss Air Force.

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