Director Director General of the OKB Sukhoi
Mikhail Cimonov. Photo from the site www.arms-expo.ru In Moscow, at the 82nd year of life, the general designer of the aircraft "Sukhoi" Mikhail Simonov. As RIA Novosti reports, the cause of death was a serious illness. Simonov has been the General Designer of the OKB Sukhoi since 1983. Under his leadership, a family of Su-27 aircraft was created-a multi-purpose fighter Su 30, a Su-33 ship fighter, a front-line bomber Su-34.