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MiG MAPO or just MAPO is a major Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n state-owned military aircraft
Military aircraft
A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type. Military aircraft can be either combat or non-combat:...

 manufacturer. It was formed in January 1996 by decree of President Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...

. Comprising 20 leading military and civil aircraft-building plants. Today MAPO designs, produces and promotes advanced aviation systems and armaments and also offers maintenance, repair and modernisation services. MAPO headquarters is located in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, and the overall workforce of the company's plants exceeds 60,000 employees.

The President of MIG MAPO is Vladimir Kuzmin.

At the moment these firms belong to MAPO:
  • MiG
    Mig
    -Industry:*MiG, now Mikoyan, a Russian aircraft corporation, formerly the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau*Metal inert gas welding or MIG welding, a type of welding using an electric arc and a shielding gas-Business and finance:...

     (fighters)
  • Kamov
    Kamov
    Kamov is a Russian rotor-winged aircraft manufacturing company that was founded by Nikolai Il'yich Kamov, who started building his first rotor-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii...

     (Helicopters)
  • Klimov
    Klimov
    The Kirill Klimov Experimental Design Bureau under the direction of Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov designed engines for Soviet aircraft. The OKB was formed in the early 1930s to produce and improve upon the liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza 12Y V-12 piston engine for which the USSR had acquired a license...

  • TMKB Soyuz
  • The Tschernyschow Engineering Works and Krasni Oktjabr (engines)
  • The Ryazan Radar Factory
  • The Perm Instruments Factory
  • The Elektroavtomatika Constructions Office
  • Pribor and Aviatest (Avionics/Systems)
  • The Maintenance Factory No. 121 in Kubinka
    Kubinka
    Kubinka is a town in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Setun River, west of Moscow. Population: Kubinka was the location of the Soviet Union's tank proving grounds, and today is the home of the Kubinka Tank Museum...

  • Aviabank


Most of the firms are owned by the state, but some are still privately owned.
MAPO merged with rival state company Sukhoi
Sukhoi
Sukhoi Company is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, famous for its fighters...

in 2006.
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