MEZHDUNARODNYYI AVIATSIONNYI KOMPANIYA ILYUSHINA (Ilyushin International Aviation Company)
Incorporating aircraft design and production companies, Ilyushin MAK formed April 2000 by government decree. Initial members are Ilyushin Aviation Complex and VASO; following negotiations with Uzbekistan, will be expanded to include TAPO as second production plant; previous Russian and Uzbek government agreement of 1998 covered collaboration in developing and marketing the Il-76 and Il-114. These plans overtaken in May 2001 by wider national strategy of merging Ilyushin, Beriev, Mil, Sukhoi and Yakovlev.