Manufacturer catalog

Mikoyan-Gurevich

Mikoyan-Gurevich is the Soviet fighter-design bureau that created the MiG family, specializing in interceptors and multirole combat aircraft that later continued as the MiG brand within UAC.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich is the historic Soviet aircraft design bureau founded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. Its MiG line became one of the best-known fighter families of the Cold War and remains one of the most recognizable names in Soviet and Russian military aviation.

This builder profile exists because the catalog currently links the MiG-21, MiG-23, and MiG-25 entries to the same MiG design lineage. The page gives that archive a sourced company identity, a concise history of the bureau's evolution, and context for how the MiG name continued inside the UAC group.

fighter aircraftinterceptorsmultirole combat aircraftmilitary aircraft design

Notable Systems

MiG-21, Supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

MiG-21

Supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraft

Early high-volume fighter and interceptor family that anchored the bureau's Cold War export reputation.

MiG-23, Variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

MiG-23

Variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft

Variable-sweep fighter family that extended the bureau's interceptor and fighter-bomber line.

MiG-25 fighter aircraft, High-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

MiG-25

High-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft

High-speed interceptor and reconnaissance family associated with the bureau's late Cold War engineering peak.

Manufacturer History

  1. Design bureau founded

    Public reference sources place the bureau's start on 8 December 1939 under Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich.

    Sources: Britannica MiG history

  2. MiG-9 first flight

    Britannica identifies the MiG-9 as the first Soviet jet fighter produced by Mikoyan and Gurevich, marking the bureau's jet-era breakthrough.

    Sources: Britannica MiG history

  3. Consolidated into UAC

    UAC's corporate history describes the 2006 consolidation that brought MiG into the wider United Aircraft Corporation group.

    Sources: UAC corporate history

  4. MiG-35 world premiere

    UAC's MiG-35 program page records the fighter's world premiere in 2017, showing the MiG design line continuing inside the modern UAC structure.

    Sources: UAC MiG-35

Website links
Official UAC websiteUAC corporate historyUAC MiG-35Britannica MiG history

Public references for Mikoyan-Gurevich are fragmented because the bureau's name evolved across Mikoyan, MiG, RSK MiG, and the current UAC-branded lineage. This profile normalizes those variants under one historic builder facet without adding a headquarters map where a reliable coordinates source is not available.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Britannica MiG historyPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Note: Supports the 1939 founding by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, the MiG-9 milestone, and the bureau's broad historical context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Official UAC websitePublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the current official corporate context in which MiG appears as one of UAC's aircraft brands. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UAC corporate historyPublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the 2006 consolidation that formed UAC and the broader corporate setting that absorbed MiG. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UAC MiG-35Publisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the modern MiG design-line continuity and the combat-aircraft role of the brand inside UAC. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Commons MiG 1.44Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 2.0 reuse context for a MAKS 2017 photo showing the MiG Design Bureau display and MiG 1.44 prototype. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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MiG-25 fighter aircraft, High-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs1980 Iran-Iraq War, 1990 Gulf War +2 moreMiG-25 fighter aircraftHigh-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraftBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe MiG-25 Foxbat is a Soviet high-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft built by Mikoyan-Gurevich around speed, altitude, heavy air-to-air missiles, and reconnaissance-bomber variants rather than close-in maneuvering. Iraq fielded the type during the 1980 Iran-Iraq War and 1990 Gulf War, Syria used a small surviving fleet during the 2011 Syrian Civil War, and Azerbaijan later kept MiG-25s in reserve during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh stand-off.
MiG-31, Long-range interceptor with MiG-31K air-launched ballistic missile carrier variant, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarMiG-31Long-range interceptor with MiG-31K air-launched ballistic missile carrier variantBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe MiG-31 is a Soviet-designed, twin-engine, two-seat long-range interceptor built for high-speed patrols, bomber and cruise-missile interception, and wide-area air defense. Russian industry sources describe the MiG-31BM modernization as adding the Zaslon-M radar and expanded weapons-control capabilities, while Russia's MiG-31K conversion carries the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal and MiG-31BM patrols have been documented with R-37M missiles in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
MiG-21, Supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs1955 Vietnam War, 1971 Indo-Pakistani War +6 moreMiG-21Supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraftBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe MiG-21 is a Soviet-designed supersonic fighter and interceptor that became one of the most widely built jet fighters of the Cold War. Its conflict record spans North Vietnamese interceptor use, Indian MiG-21FL combat in 1971, Arab and Iraqi air-defense service, Syrian and Libyan wartime fielding, and a conservative Azerbaijani fleet-context row for 2020 reporting where MiG-21 sorties are not directly documented.
MiG-23, Variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs1980 Iran-Iraq War, 1979 Soviet-Afghan War +4 moreMiG-23Variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber aircraftBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe MiG-23, NATO reporting name Flogger, is a Soviet variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber family built around high speed, radar-guided interception, and exportable strike variants. More than 5,000 were produced, and documented combat use ranges from Iraqi Floggers in the 1980 Iran-Iraq War and 1990 Gulf War to Indian MiG-23BN strike missions in Kargil and late Libyan and Syrian civil-war sorties.