Aircraft
Russia’s Aerospace Sector May Be Headed For Consolidation
Folding Russian Helicopters into the OAK structure to form one single entity is a possibility.

During the Soviet period, almost all of the aerospace sector in Russia save for electronic systems belonged to the all-powerful Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP). This sprawling industrial empire controlled virtually all aspects of aircraft, engines, and air-launched weapons manufacturing and all of their associated research and design centers.

After the collapse of the USSR, this massive ministry was separated into four main holding companies: Unified Aircraft-Building Corporation (OAK), United Engine-Building Corporation (ODK), Russian Helicopters and the Tactical Missiles Corporation (KRTV). The idea was that four streams of design and development activity as opposed to forcing all of this activity through one single administrative structure would create certain synergies that would produce better and more advanced systems at a lower cost.