Mikoyan

Mikoyan, formerly Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau , is a Russian military aircraft design bureau, primarily for fighter aircraft. It was formerly a Soviet design bueau, and was founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich as "Mikoyan-Gurevich" and its bureau prefix is "MiG." Upon Mikoyan's death in 1970, Gurevich's name was dropped from the name of the bureau, although the bureau prefix remains MiG. The Russian government is planning to merge Mikoyan with Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation. The firm also operates several machine-building and design bureaus, including the Kamov helicopter plant.