Manufacturer catalog

Ilyushin

Ilyushin is a Russian aircraft design bureau and manufacturing brand within United Aircraft Corporation, focused on transport, cargo, and special-purpose aircraft.

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Ilyushin was founded in 1933 and became one of the Soviet Union's signature transport-aircraft design organizations. Current public references place it inside the United Aircraft Corporation group and describe it as a producer of transport and special-purpose aircraft.

This builder profile exists because the catalog currently links an Il-76 family entry to Ilyushin. The page gives that catalog context a sourced company identity, a current corporate location, and a clear relationship to the transport-aircraft programs that remain relevant to the catalog.

transport aircraftcargo aircraftmilitary airliftspecial-purpose aviationaircraft design

Notable Systems

Il-76, Heavy military transport aircraft, Support Equipment

Il-76MD-90A / Il-78M-90A

Heavy military transport aircraft

UAC identifies the aircraft as designed by Ilyushin PJSC and places the program inside the transport-aircraft division.

Sources: Il-76MD-90A / Il-78M-90A

Il-114-300

UAC's program page identifies the updated regional turboprop as an Ilyushin design within the company's civil-aircraft lineup.

Sources: Il-114-300

Il-96-300 / Il-96-400M

UAC describes the Il-96 family as an Ilyushin design and places the newer 400M variant in the same civil-aircraft line.

Sources: Il-96-300 / Il-96-400M

Manufacturer History

  1. Design bureau begins work

    Public reference sources place the start of Ilyushin's work on 13 January 1933 under the Soviet aviation industry.

    Sources: Ilyushin a UAC Company

  2. Merged into United Aircraft Corporation

    UAC's history materials and secondary references describe Ilyushin as one of the companies consolidated into United Aircraft Corporation in 2006.

    Sources: Official UAC website, Ilyushin a UAC Company

  3. Current Moscow engineering center documented

    A Wikimedia Commons photograph documents Ilyushin's main entrance and engineering center in Moscow and provides a reusable, clearly licensed image record.

    Sources: Ilyushin main entrance.jpg

Website links
Official Ilyushin websiteUAC transport aircraft pageRUDN partner profile

Public English-language references for Ilyushin are fragmented because current corporate material is split across UAC, partner pages, and registry-style references. This profile normalizes the company, design-bureau, and legal-name variants under one builder facet.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official UAC websitePublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the current corporate context for Ilyushin inside United Aircraft Corporation and the builder's role in UAC's aircraft-design network. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Il-76MD-90A / Il-78M-90APublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the transport-aircraft role, the Ilyushin PJSC design relationship, and the program context for the builder's current Il-76 family work. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Il-114-300Publisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the broader civil-aircraft and transport-aircraft production context associated with Ilyushin within UAC. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Il-96-300 / Il-96-400MPublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the broader civil-aircraft design and production context for Ilyushin's long-range widebody family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ilyushin a UAC CompanyPublisher: RUDN University | Note: Supports the 1933 founding date and the description of Ilyushin as a UAC subsidiary specializing in transport and special-purpose aviation. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ilyushin main entrance.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the reusable CC BY-SA 4.0 image choice and confirms that the photo depicts Ilyushin's main entrance and engineering center in Moscow. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Il-22 airborne command post, Airborne command post and radio-relay aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarIl-22 airborne command postAirborne command post and radio-relay aircraftBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe Il-22 airborne command post is a Soviet Il-18D-derived special-mission aircraft used for airborne command, protected communications, and radio-relay work. The Il-22M-11 "Zebra" and later upgraded aircraft remain scarce Russian command-and-control assets, and public reporting during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War documents Il-22M aircraft damaged in 2022 and again during the January 2024 Sea of Azov A-50/Il-22 incident.

Category

Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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