MiG-21 family
The catalog's MiG-21 entries anchor the bureau's most widely produced legacy fighter line and keep the older Mikoyan-Gurevich naming in one place.
Sources: Britannica MiG historyBuilt by archive
Mikoyan Weapon Systems
Mikoyan is the Soviet and Russian aircraft design bureau behind the MiG fighter family, including the catalog's MiG-21, MiG-25, MiG-29, MiG-31, and MiG-35 entries. In this archive it anchors the fighter, interceptor, and multirole combat-aircraft lineage that runs from the 1939 bureau through the UAC-era MiG brand.
1 weapon systemsFounded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, the bureau became one of the best-known names in Soviet military aviation and the origin point of the MiG designation. The catalog keeps Mikoyan and MiG spellings together so older design-bureau references and newer corporate branding resolve to the same lineage.
For the archive, Mikoyan connects the MiG fighter family across generations: early Soviet interceptors, Cold War mass-production types, and the post-Soviet aircraft that remain visible in the public catalog today. The profile is intentionally focused on military aircraft rather than the broader corporate history around UAC.
Notable Systems
MiG-29
UAC still lists the MiG brand in its military aircraft range, and the catalog's MiG-29 entry resolves to this builder facet.
Sources: UAC about MiG brands, MiG-35 at UACMiG-31
The long-range interceptor line remains one of the clearest post-Soviet MiG associations in the catalog.
Sources: UAC about MiG brandsMiG-35
UAC describes the MiG-35 as a Mikoyan design-bureau product for high-intensity combat environments, making it the most direct current-generation catalog match.
Sources: MiG-35 at UACBuilder History
Mikoyan design bureau founded
Britannica traces the bureau's start to 1939, when Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich began the design-bureau line that became MiG.
Sources: Britannica MiG history
MiG absorbed into UAC
UAC says it was created in 2006 to consolidate major Russian aircraft-design and production assets, bringing the MiG brand into the corporation's structure.
Sources: UAC about MiG brands
MiG-35 maiden flight
UAC identifies 2016 as the MiG-35 maiden-flight year for the Mikoyan design bureau's modern multirole fighter program.
Sources: MiG-35 at UAC
Public references use several overlapping names for the same lineage, including Mikoyan, Mikoyan-Gurevich, MiG, RSK MiG, and Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG. The profile consolidates those spellings as aliases and keeps the scope on military aircraft programs. No headquarters map was added because the reviewed sources did not provide a clean, current geocoded headquarters address.
Builder Sources
- Britannica MiG historyPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Note: Supports Mikoyan's 1939 founding, the Mikoyan-Gurevich origin story, and the general Soviet/Russian design-bureau background. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- UAC about MiG brandsPublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the current UAC corporate context for MiG, including the 2006 consolidation of major aircraft assets and the ongoing MiG brand in the corporation's product range. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- MiG-35 at UACPublisher: United Aircraft Corporation | Note: Supports the MiG-35 as a Mikoyan design-bureau program, its 2016 maiden-flight milestone, and the bureau's current multirole-combat-aircraft focus. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Wikimedia Commons Mikoyan design bureau photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the CC BY-SA 2.0 photograph of the Mikoyan Design Bureau building in Moscow, directly tied to this builder profile image. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
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