UAC was incorporated according to the Decree #140 “On Joint Stock Company “United Aircraft Corporation” signed by the RF President V. Putin on February 20, 2006. The corporation was incorporated on November 20, 2006. UAC’s priorities include design, manufacture, sales, maintenance, upgrades and utilization of civil and military aircraft. UAC is formed by the following companies: Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company, Irkut Corporation, Komsomolsk-on-Amour Aircraft Production Association, UAC – Transport Aircraft, Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft building plant Sokol, Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association, Tupolev PSC, Aviastar-SP, Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, Kazan Aviation Production Association named after S.P.Gorbunov, A.S.Yakovlev Design Bureau, Sukhoi Design Bureau Company, Ilyushin Finance Company.