History United Aircraft Corporation

1 history

1.1 predecessor
1.2 first years
1.3 2010s

history
predecessor

after soviet union s collapse in 1991, aerospace industry of russia in catastrophic turmoil. excessive amount of imports , highly protective tariffs devastated manufacturing industry, both aerospace , automotive industry. military aircraft industry able benefit improving export possibilities profiting large storage of components , parts soviet times, while civilian aircraft industry suffered losses , production of civilian aircraft diminished. example, in 1990, russia produced 715 aircraft. 8 years later, number decreased 661 56 aircraft. in 2000, 4 civilian aircraft produced. in order solve this, president of russia @ time, boris yeltsin, decided consolidation necessary, , created vpk-mapo (military industrial complex – moscow aircraft production association), includes companies such mikoyan. consolidation wasn t successful , mapo later merged sukhoi.

first years

the uac created in february 20, 2006 russian president vladimir putin in presidential decree no. 140 merging shares ilyushin, irkut, mikoyan, sukhoi, tupolev, , yakovlev new joint-stock company named ojsc united aircraft corporation in order optimize production , minimize losses. uac stated reason why corporation created protect , develop scientific , industrial potential of russian aircraft industry, security , defense of state, , concentration of intellectual, industrial, , financial resources implement long-term aviation programs. united aircraft corporation started out producing tupolev tu-154 careless , tupolev tu-204, ilyushin il-86 camber , ilyushin il-96, ilyushin il-114, , of mikoyan, sukhoi, yakovlev, tupolev, , ilyushin military aircraft; created prior corporation s creation.

the mikoyan mig-35 first aircraft , first military aircraft developed under uac brand, since mikoyan branch of corporation.

in february 2007, uac presented first aircraft , first military aircraft designed , exported under uac brand, mikoyan mig-35, designated nato fulcrum-f , generation 4++ jet fighter mikoyan. mig-35 officially presented during aero india 2007 air show in bangalore, india , officially unveiled when russian minister of defense, sergei ivanov, visited lukhovitsky machine building plant mapo-mig . mig-35 contender fourth generation counterparts in indian mrca competition taken out of competition in april 2011. mig-35 adopted russian air force , planned introduced in 2018.

in october 2007, federal financial markets service registered primary issue of common shares united aircraft building corporation. issue included 96,724,000,000 shares priced @ 1 rub (us$0.04). in december 2007, second largest (and state-owned) russian bank vneshtorgbank (vtb) announced sell 5% share in eads uac @ market price. later month vtb sold share in eads state-owned russian development bank (veb). eads owns 10% stake in irkut plans convert uac shares, leading eads , uac owning shares of each other. announced plans possible 10–15% share issue in 2008, planning retain 75% stake. currently, after placing 5 additional share issues, corporation s chartered capital amounts 174.61 bln. rub. share of russian federation in uac’s chartered capital 80.29%.

in february 2008, uac brought out improved version of sukhoi su-27, sukhoi su-35s, erroneously named su-35bm media, serve upcoming sukhoi pak fa, russia s first fifth generation jet fighter. second modernized version of su-27, first modernized version took place in june 28, 1988, designated sukhoi su-27m, known su-35. improved aircraft includes reinforced airframe, air-thrusted engines, radar, , improved avionics, while excluding canards , air brake. russian air force bought 98 units , designated them su-35s, , su-35s marketed many countries. sukhoi thought sales of su-35s go on 160 blunted updated versions of sukhoi su-30.

the sukhoi superjet 100 first airliner developed under uac brand, since sukhoi civil aircraft branch of corporation.

in may 2008, uac presented third aircraft , first airliner designed , exported under uac brand, sukhoi superjet 100 (ssj 100). ssj 100 fourth civilian aircraft , first airliner made sukhoi. before, sukhoi , boeing made cooperation agreement , boeing consultants , advise sukhoi on airliner. ssj 100 introduced in april 21, 2011, armavia. sukhoi superjet 100 later described important , successful airliner program of russian aerospace industry, , regarded ministry of industry , trade top priority project. sukhoi holdings of uac signed joint venture leonardo-finmeccanica (now leonardo s.p.a) establish superjet international in order sell ssj 100 potential customers.

in october 2009, uac signed joint venture hindustan aeronautics limited (hal) of india named multirole transport aircraft limited (mtal) 2 companies cooperating on making aircraft both of russian armed forces, indian armed forces, , friendly third-party countries. 1 of projects being developed joint-venture ilyushin il-214 multirole transport aircraft (mta) intended replace india s antonov an-32 transport fleet. il-214 perform regular transport duties deploying paratroopers. aircraft planned revealed in 2017 , planned introduced in 2018.

in 2009, uac delivered 90 aircraft, including 17 passenger models. figure includes 31 mig-29 , 2 su-34 fighter jets produced russian air force. company s revenues 2009 expected 115 billion–120 billion rubles.

the sukhoi su-57 pak fa (t-50) russia s first fifth generation jet fighter, , developed sukhoi, branch of corporation.


2010s

in january 29, 2010, sukhoi , uac revealed russia s first fifth generation jet fighter, sukhoi pak fa (t-50). pak fa stealth, single-seat, twin-engine, multirole jet fighter designed air supremacy , attack roles. pak fa russia s first aircraft use stealth technology. pak fa designed replace mikoyan mig-29 , sukhoi su-27 , expected introduced russian air force in 2019. also, under mtal joint venture, sukhoi , hal co-develop sukhoi/hal fgfa, known perspective multirole fighter (pmf), variant of pak fa, of designed indian air force. in august 11, 2017, russian air force has designated sukhoi pak fa sukhoi su-57.

in october 27, 2010, uac , ukrainian state-owned aircraft corporation, antonov, signed joint venture contract, llc uac - antonov, in capital city of ukraine, kiev. purpose of joint-venture deal coordination of antonov , uac on purchasing spare parts, production, marketing , sales, servicing , joint creation of new modifications of antonov aircraft, according defense-aerospace.

in 2013, 9 aircraft repair plants of ministry of defense transferred under ownership of uac. result, in 2014, serviceability of russian air force increased 40% 65%.

as result of russian intervention in ukraine in 2014, sanctions put against russia, , because uac part of russia s aerospace , defense industry, sanctioned european union. though, since sanctions did not include airliner industry of uac, such sukhoi superjet 100, exports of regional jet western nations , economical activities of superjet international not affected.

in april 2015, company changed full name public joint-stock company (pjsc) united aircraft corporation (uac). in 2011-2015, uac companies delivered russian defence ministry more 200 aircraft.

in september 18, 2015, according resolution of ukrainian government, ukrainian state-owned corporation, antonov, exiting llc uac - antonov joint venture between 2 companies.

in january 13, 2016, india s hal announced not involved in ilyushin il-214 mta project anymore, , ilyushin have work on project alone. project designated ilyushin il-214 mta taken out since project no longer under multirole transport aircraft limited joint-venture.

in june 25, 2016, uac , chinese aircraft corporation, comac, signed joint venture contract, china-russia aircraft international co, ltd. (craic), based in shanghai. according uac, craic responsible product , technology development, manufacturing, marketing, sales , customer service, consulting, program management , other related field. 2 companies cooperating in creating new generation long range wide body commercial aircraft , take charge of operation under joint-venture. aircraft, named craic cr-929, formerly c929, compete airbus a330neo , boeing 787; challenging airbus-boeing duopoly.

in september 1, 2017, uac board of directors, , uac s subsidiaries, sukhoi civil aircraft , irkut corporation made agreement merge civil industry irkut corporation , sukhoi civil aircraft civil aviation division on basis of irkut corporation. in accordance decisions taken, in turn, sukhoi become financial basis of civil aircraft produced uac. according uac, corporate transformations aimed realize uac’s strategic goal increase share of civil products in portfolio 45% 2035 , drive annual civil aircraft production 100-120 aircraft per year, increase uac’s economic effectiveness , lower costs centralizing supporting processes , decreasing levels of management. transformation allow concentrate resources develop, manufacture , market russian civil aircraft, ensure consistency in these areas , simplify certification , licensing procedures.