IRKUT (AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER)

'Irkut' [1] ( ) refers to the Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association[2],it was setup in 1932 in the Transbaykal region in the Russian Federation.
It is best known as being the manufacturer of the Sukhoi-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft.The Russian government is planning to merge Irkut with 'Ilyushin', 'Mikoyan', 'Sukhoi', 'Tupolev', and 'Yakovlev' as a new company named 'United Aircraft Building Corporation'.[3]
Irkut has also entered a JV with Indian military aircraft manufacturer HAL to manufacture Multi-Role Transport Aircraft which will be designed by Ilyushin.[4].

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1. Home page (English)
2. globalsecurity.org entry
3. "Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." ''The New York Times.'' February 22, 2006
4. ""HAL in 0 million Joint Venture with Irkut Corp. for Multi-role Transport Aircraft". ''India-Defence.com,'' December 27, 2006.


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