In 2006, Mikoyan became a division of the United Aircraft Corporation in a merger with Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev by decree of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Nikitin focused most of the company's resources on the development of the Tu-334 passenger aircraft at the expense of military programs.

[8] In 2006, the Russian government merged 100% of Mikoyan shares with Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.

[9] MiG failed to win any major aircraft tenders in the post-Soviet era, falling behind its Russian rival Sukhoi.

[10] According to press reports, the company was shedding hundreds of employees in late 2017 due to a shortage of orders.

The Russian government has issued licenses to RSC MiG for the development, production and technical support of civil and military aviation equipment.

[13] In 2014, JSC RSC MiG was named the winner of the third competition "Aircraft Manufacturer of the Year" in two nominations: "For the creation of a new scientific model of a physical phenomenon or technological process" and "For successes in the development of aviation equipment and components" (OKB of the year).