Russian Fighter Aircraft Industrial Base: Parallels with the United States

By Bolkcom, Christopher

Book Id: WPLBN0000109329
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Russian Fighter Aircraft Industrial Base: Parallels with the United States
Author:	Bolkcom, Christopher
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Introduction: There are many differences between the fighter aircraft industry in the United States and in Russia. The United States has traditionally produced its weaponry within a capitalist framework which allowed free enterprise and competition between companies in private industry. The former Soviet Union’s economy – and its fighter aircraft industry – was based on a Marxist, command economy, where the central government dictated the type and number of aircraft produced.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Russia’s Economic Backdrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Russia’s Fighter Aircraft Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Reform Trials and Tribulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Russian Aviation Corporation MiG (RSK MiG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sukhoi Military Industrial Group AVPK (AVPK Sukhoi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Parallels with U.S. Defense Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12