Editing Ilyushin (section)

==History==
[[File:Moscow, Ilyushin plant on Khodynka Field (16159571774).jpg|thumb|Ilyushin prototyping facility on Khodynka Field in Moscow]]
Ilyushin was established under the [[Soviet Union]]. Its operations began on 13 January 1933, by order of P. I. Baranov, People's Commissar of the Heavy Industry and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ilyushin.org/en/about/history/backgroung/| title = Ilyushin: Background}}</ref>

In 1970, the position of chief designer was taken by [[Genrikh Novozhilov|G. V. Novozhilov]].

In 2006, the Russian government merged Ilyushin with [[Mikoyan]], [[Irkut Corporation|Irkut]], [[Sukhoi]], [[Tupolev]], and [[Yakovlev]] under a new company named [[United Aircraft Corporation]].<ref name="nyt_united_aircraft">"[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22air.html?_r=1&oref=login Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger]." ''[[The New York Times]].'' February 22, 2006.</ref>

In July 2014, it was reported that Ilyushin and [[Myasishchev]] would merge to form the United Aircraft Corporation business unit Transport Aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilyushin.org/press/news/ev3327/|title=Интеграция ОАО "Ил" и ОАО "ЭМЗ им. В.М. Мясищева" ... {{!}} ОАО "Ил"|website=www.ilyushin.org|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilyushin.org/press/news/ev3420/|title=ОАО "Ил" и ОАО "ЭМЗ им. В.М. Мясищева": курс на... {{!}} ОАО "Ил"|website=www.ilyushin.org|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>