SUKHOI DESIGN BUREAU

USSR/RUSSIA

P.O. Sukhoi was engaged in design long before Second World War, and in 1932 was working with a team under A. N.Tupolev on ANT-25 long-range record-breaker. Sukhoi Design Bureau founded 1939, using previous Bureau Osovikh Konstruktsii offices. In Second World War Sukhoi's
Sukhoi Su-2
Su-2
own name was especially associated with Su-2 light bomber and attack aircraft. He was responsible for twin jet Su-7 of 1947. The later and unrelated Su-7 of his second jet series became a swept-wing attack aircraft first seen 1956. Su-9, operational from 1959, and Su-11 were single-seat all-weather fighters with delta wings. The operational and large-size Su-15 twin-jet delta-wing allweather interceptor was
Sukhoi Su-9 (II)
Su-9 (II)
also tested in prototype Flagon-B STOL form in July 1967. Su-17 first flew August 1966 as very much improved variable-geometry fighter developed from Su-7, and was followed by Su-20 and Su-22 for export. Su-24 is a currently used variable-geometry attack type, seating two crew side-by-side and has been in service since February 1975. A nuclear strike bomber, reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft, Su-24
Sukhoi Su-15
Su-15
was designed to penetrate enemy defenses for five minutes at 1,400km/h and 200m altitude, as a supersonic replacement for the II-28 and Yak-28. In total, about 1,200 Su-24s were built during 1972-92, finally giving way on the production line to the Su-27IB.

Sukhoi died in September 1975, but subsequent Sukhoi designs continue to honor his name. These include Su-25/Su-28 and Su-39 related subsonic
Sukhoi Su-24
Su-24
close-air support and tank-busting jets (first Su-25 flew February 1975 and became operational in 1981), the much praised Su-27 Flanker long-range air-supriority fighter (first flown May 1977 and in production since 1982 for home use and export, latter including J-11s assembled in China), the tandem two-seat Su-30 multirole fighter and attack variant of Su-27 that carries further avionics to allow it to command a
Sukhoi T-4 (''100'')
T-4 "Sotka"
group of Su-27s (first flown December 1989 and users including India), the side-byside two-seat Su-32FN maritime strike aircraft and Su- 27IB or Su-34 tactical interdictor developed from Su-27, the Su-33, or Su-27K carrierborne fighter Su-27 derivative (first flown August 1987 and first deployed on board Admiral Kuznetsov'm 1995), Su-35 advanced air-superiority fighter (first flown June 1988) and Su-37 variant with thrust-vectoring nozzles, again Su-27
Sukhoi Su-25
Su-25
developments.

A fifth-generation tactical fighter, approximately equivalent to the U.S. F-22, is the S-37, first flown in September 1997 and featuring swept-forward wings and eventually to have thrust-vectoring engine nozzles. S-54 and S-55 are newly designed lightweight jets for multirole combat and training uses, T-60S is a projected strike bomber of very stealthy appearance and S-80 is a new transport with patrol and surveillance
Sukhoi Su-27
Su-27
variants. An interesting program in 1999 is the development of the KR- 860, a super-large 860-seat airliner. General-aviation programs include Su-26, Su-29 and Su-31 single- and two-seat aerobatic competition aircraft (first flown 1984, 1991 and 1992 respectively) and Su-49 tandem two-seat primary trainer, while projects are for S-16 twin turboprop transport for 16 passengers or cargo, S-21 10-passenger supersonic business jet (with projected 68-passenger S-51), S-38 single-seat agricultural monoplane, and S- 96 twin-propfan 8-passenger executive transport.


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Su-7 (I)
UTB-2
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Su-7B
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T-4 "Sotka"
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S-37 "Berkut"
S-80