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- Sky's the Limit: Russian Military to Start Combat Trials of Stealthy Su-57 Jet - 13:38 08.02.2018 (updated 14:56 08.02.2018)

The new plane is Russia's entry in the fifth-gen multirole stealth fighter jet category.

"We are buying Su-57 jets for combat trials. The first stage of state trials has been concluded," Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said, speaking to reporters during a visit to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant on Thursday. The plant is expected to build the planes when mass production kicks in.

According to the senior officer, a contract for the delivery of a pilot batch of 12 Su-57s will be signed this year.

Borisov clarified that the first two planes from this batch may enter service with the Armed Forces in 2019. He added that 12 Su-57s have already been built during the development of the aircraft, known as the PAK FA, or 'Prospective Aviation Complex of Frontline Aviation' before being christened the Su-57 last year, with ten of them continuing flight testing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rHcMeZTvTdQ

Asked about the state of development work of the Su-57's new, truly fifth-gen engines, the deputy defense minister said it was too early to say at this stage. "Right now it's hard to say, because there has only been one flight. Everything seems normal, but as you might imagine, this is a whole range of trials. Many test flights must be carried out. As a rule, such testing requires two-three years."

Developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi, the Su-57 is designed for air superiority and attack roles, and plane is fitted with a revolutionary avionics system capable of autonomous calculations of the battlefield situation to assist the pilot.

The fighter is also equipped with airborne active phased array radar, which allows it to 'see' air, ground and naval targets at distances far beyond most modern systems, and to strike the enemy with a variety of modern weapons, including short, medium and long-range air-to-air, air-to-ground, and special anti-radar missiles. Built from composite materials, the supermaneuverable plane includes an in-flight refueling system.

Sukhoi Su-57 Fighter Jets Air Show Performance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Rrim49lFM



From : https://sputniknews.com/military/201802081061467502-su57-to-start-combat-trials/

What no internal weapons bay?
Hard points under the wing will make it dirty to radar!

F22 has internal storage and is clean to radar!
An example of American Excellence

Best Regards,
Pappy

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Armaments of Su-57

- Hardpoints 6

- Weapon bays 4

I stand corrected!

I believe the F22 will go clean without wing hard points.

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Pappy

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Su-57 too.

Wing hard points are optional when you do not need stealth during the mission.

India-Russia 5th Generation Fighter Jet Program: Road to Nowhere?
Contrary to recent statements by top Russian officials, the Indo-Russian stealth fighter project remains stuck.


By Franz-Stefan Gady
January 30, 2018

The co-development and production of the Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), also known in India as the Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF), one of the most high profile joint Indo-Russian defense projects remains stuck despite recent comments by a senior Russian official that a final contract may be signed soon.

Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Russian state-owned Rostec Corporation, said in an interview that he expects a contract to be signed soon. “The first stage of the project is completed, now the second stage is under discussion. I think that the contract documents will be signed in the very near future,” Chemezov told IANS. “The project is very complex, but the work continues, although not so quickly.”

Russian officials have time and again expressed similar sentiments about the imminent conclusion of a final contract for the past three years with little to show.

India and Russia originally signed an inter-governmental agreement for the project in 2007, which was followed by the inking of a design contract for the co-development of the FGFA/PMF in 2010. Issues immediately arose over what technologies should to be used for the new aircraft and both sides also failed to agree to a work and cost sharing plan.

As I noted elsewhere:

Delays were caused by New Delhi and Moscow disagreeing over many fundamental aspects of the joint development project including work and cost share, aircraft technology, as well as the number of aircraft to be ordered. After evaluating the first PAK FA T-50 prototype (the Russian prototype of the PMF), the Indian Air Force (IAF) wanted more than 40 changes addressing, among other things, perceived weaknesses in the plane’s engine, stealth, and weapon-carrying capabilities.

India and Russia also failed to agree on the number of aircraft to be produced:

Russia announced in late 2015 that it would only induct a squadron (18-24 aircraft) of PAK FA fighter aircraft, and procure additional Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft instead. The original deal involved Russia procuring 250 and India 144 aircraft at a cost of around $30 billion by 2022. As a result, India threatened to abandon the project in its entirety. Russia in turn made a number of concessions including an offer to cut down its financial contribution from $6 to $ 3.7 billion for three PAK FA T-50 prototypes and substantial technology transfers.

India held out however. Nevertheless, a panel instated by the Indian Ministry of Defense, headed by retired Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman, purportedly recommended in August 2017 that the project, despite its high cost, proceed. Frustrated with the delays, the IAF has repeatedly expressed its desire to end collaboration on the joint Indo-Russian stealth fighter project.

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Russia's Defense Ministry to Ink Contract for 12 Stealth Fighter Jets
The first batch of Su-57 stealth fighters is expected to enter service with the Russian Air Force in 2019.


By Franz-Stefan Gady
February 08, 2018

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) is expected to sign a contract for a pre-production batch of 12 Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets, Russia’s first indigenously designed and built fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Thursday.

“We are buying Su-57 jets for test combat use. First stage state trials are over,” he told journalists, he said, according to a TASS news agency report. “This year, we will sign a contract for the first batch of 12 Su-57 fighter jets for the Armed Forces.”

The Su-57 is a multirole, single seat, twin-engine air superiority/deep air support fighter developed under the PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter program. The Su-57, which took to the skies for the first time in 2010, will replace the Russian Air Force’s existing stock of MiG-29s and Su-27s in the coming decade.

Russian efforts to field the country’s first fifth-generation fighter aircraft in the not so distant future are hampered by delays in designing and building a new turbofan jet engine for the Su-57. In December 2017, the aircraft made a first flight with a new engine prototype with mixed results.

Consequently, the Russian deputy defense minister was circumspect when talking about the new engine’s performance. “So far, it is difficult to say because there has been only one flight. Everything seems to be all right,” Borisov said today. “But you know, it is a series of trials. Many flights are to be performed. As a rule, such trials take two or three years.”

The new engine—purportedly called the Saturn izdeliye 30 — is not expected to be ready for serial production until at least 2020. “The Saturn izdeliye 30 will feature increased thrust and fuel efficiency and is also expected to improve the fighter jet’s stealth characteristics given the use of new composite materials,” I wrote in August 2017.

Nine out of ten Su-57 prototypes currently undergoing flight tests are fitted with a derivative of the Russian-made Saturn AL-41F1S engine, dubbed AL-41F1, an older aircraft engine also installed on the Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E. The new engine currently under development will be purportedly be capable of mounting 3D thrust vectoring nozzles, which will increase the Su-57’s maneuverability.

Once in service, the Su-57 will be able to carry both conventional and nuclear payloads, as I noted in December 2017:

The Su-57 will be capable of carrying some of Russia’s most advanced weapons systems including new beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles and air-to-ground missiles including the extended range Kh-35UE tactical cruise missile as well as the nuclear-capable BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missile.

However, the price for carrying such a heavy weapons load will likely be reduced stealth capabilities (…) Both the BrahMos-A and KH-35UE do not fit into the aircraft’s internal weapon bay and consequently will need to be carried under the aircraft’s wings in a transport launch canister, which will reduce the fighter jet’s stealthiness.

The first two Su-57s are expected to enter service in 2019. Meanwhile, a derivative fifth-generation Indo-Russian fighter project, the co-development and production of the Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), also known in India as the Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF), remains stuck, as I reported last month.

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