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Post by Lonevolk on Nov 24, 2008 8:58:27 GMT -5
Norway has chosen the US F-35 - JSF as it's future fighter, angering the swedes who were hoping that in the name of Scandinavian solidarity they would choose the Gripen.....although US political pressure played a part, one of the reasons for choosing the F-35 was that the Gripen would not be able to match the up coming Pak-Fa Norway intimidated by new Russian fighter jetsNorway did not want to buy Sweden’s Jas Gripen fighter jets. One of the reasons is that the aircraft was crushed in virtual tests against the Russian Sukhoi PAK FA, a fifth-generation fighter developed by Russia, India and Brazil. Norwegian newspaper VG reports that several classified tests by the Norwegian Defence Institute (FFI) concluded that the Swedish aircraft had no chances against the Sukhoi PAK FA. While Jas Gripen is a fourth-generation plane, the Sukhoi PAK FA is a fifth generation plane. The Norwegian government subsequently decided to rather go for the U.S. made Joint Strike Fighter, the newest and most advanced U.S. fighter aircraft project currently under development. The JSF will have socalled Stealth-technology. In yesterday's press release from the Norwegian government, the Swedish Jas Gripen is described as unfit for Norwegian conditions. The aircraft is being developed by a consortium of companies including Embraer of Brazil and HAL of India spearheaded by Sukhoi OKB, which refers internally to the project as the T-50. Although there is no reliable information about the PAK FA's specifications yet, it is known from interviews with people in the Russian Air Force that it will be stealthy, have the ability to supercruise, be outfitted with the next generation of air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles, and incorporate an AESA radar, Wikipedia reports. The first test flights with the Sukhoi PAK FA are supposed to take place in 2009. www.barentsobserver.com/norway-intimidated-by-new-russian-fighter-jets.4528374-58932.html |
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Post by stilgar on Nov 27, 2008 5:55:09 GMT -5
Norway has chosen the US F-35 - JSF as it's future fighter, angering the swedes who were hoping that in the name of Scandinavian solidarity they would choose the Gripen.....although US political pressure played a part, one of the reasons for choosing the F-35 was that the Gripen would not be able to match the up coming Pak-Fa Norway intimidated by new Russian fighter jetsNorway did not want to buy Sweden’s Jas Gripen fighter jets. One of the reasons is that the aircraft was crushed in virtual tests against the Russian Sukhoi PAK FA, a fifth-generation fighter developed by Russia, India and Brazil. Norwegian newspaper VG reports that several classified tests by the Norwegian Defence Institute (FFI) concluded that the Swedish aircraft had no chances against the Sukhoi PAK FA. While Jas Gripen is a fourth-generation plane, the Sukhoi PAK FA is a fifth generation plane. The Norwegian government subsequently decided to rather go for the U.S. made Joint Strike Fighter, the newest and most advanced U.S. fighter aircraft project currently under development. The JSF will have socalled Stealth-technology. In yesterday's press release from the Norwegian government, the Swedish Jas Gripen is described as unfit for Norwegian conditions. The aircraft is being developed by a consortium of companies including Embraer of Brazil and HAL of India spearheaded by Sukhoi OKB, which refers internally to the project as the T-50. Although there is no reliable information about the PAK FA's specifications yet, it is known from interviews with people in the Russian Air Force that it will be stealthy, have the ability to supercruise, be outfitted with the next generation of air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles, and incorporate an AESA radar, Wikipedia reports. The first test flights with the Sukhoi PAK FA are supposed to take place in 2009. www.barentsobserver.com/norway-intimidated-by-new-russian-fighter-jets.4528374-58932.htmlWasn't JSF in simulation totally owned by SU-35? They wont help themsefl much with this F-35  btw SU-35 is very cool plane.  |
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Post by El'Sukov on Dec 20, 2008 14:33:43 GMT -5
WOW, I always know, that my Motherland is the best weapon maker))
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Post by El'Sukov on Dec 23, 2008 11:14:38 GMT -5
Cool))
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Post by Raven on Apr 14, 2009 8:43:54 GMT -5
interesting and promissing
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 7, 2009 10:40:42 GMT -5
Russian fifth-generation fighter to be developed in joint project
RIA Novosti | 21/ 04/ 2009 | Ilya Kramnik
The development of the fifth-generation jet fighter is one of the most widely discussed issues in Russia's military.
What's more, with its potential involvement in developing the jet fighter, India, one of Russia's long-standing partners in military technical cooperation, confirms its interest in Russia's future project.
The new jet fighter is being developed under the PAK FA (Prospective (promising) Aircraft System of the Frontline Aviation) program to replace fourth-generation models now in service in Russian and Indian air forces.
The Soviet Union launched fifth-generation fighter programs in the 1980s. By the mid-1990s, the Mikoyan Design Bureau developed the Project 1.44 warplane, also known as the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG MFI. The Sukhoi Design Bureau came up with the S-37 Berkut experimental supersonic forward swept-wing jet fighter. The S-37 aircraft was an advanced technology demonstration prototype not intended to be mass-produced as a fighter. However, due to the lack of funding, the Project 1.44 aircraft was not streamlined and never entered production either.
By the late 1990s, it became apparent that existing fifth-generation fighter projects were becoming obsolete, that their production versions would be inferior to the brand new American F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter, and that even if finalized the air force would receive such warplanes a decade too late.
As a result, in the early 2000s, the Russian Government made decision to develop an entirely new fifth-generation fighter. The Sukhoi, Mikoyan and Yakovlev Design Bureaus, all renowned for their fighters, offered several warplane versions.
The project was eventually entrusted to Sukhoi, which refers to it internally as the T-50.
Various maiden flight and supply deadlines were discussed from the very beginning. The T-50 was eventually scheduled to perform its first flight somewhere between 2008 and 2010. In late 2008, the commander of the Russian air force announced that the plane would first take off in August 2009.
Mikhail Pogosyan, head of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, confirmed the information. "The progress that has been made by now suggests that we can begin the flight tests within one year," Mr Pogosyan said. Several versions of the aircraft are being discussed, including a two-seater model, and a carrier-based aircraft.
In the summer of 2008, officials said the T-50 design had been approved and prototype aircraft blueprints sent to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft-building plant (KNAAPO) in Russia's Far East, where jet fighters will be produced. The plant is currently building three prototype T-50 fighters for future tests, due to last five to six years, while mass production will not get underway before 2015.
Although T-50 specifications have not been disclosed, it is known that prototypes and the first production aircraft will be fitted with 117S (upgraded AL-31) turbofan engines from Russian aircraft engine manufacturer Saturn. As a result, the T-50 will be a heavy fighter with a takeoff weight of over 30 metric tons and will have the same dimensions as the well-known Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker. The Tikhomirov Institute of Instrument Design, which had developed the Irbis radar for the Su-35BM Flanker, is now working on the T-50 radar. The new fighter's radar and fire-control system will be designs on the basis of the Su-35BM's systems.
India is reportedly more interested in the two-seater version, while Russia, with its developed ground and air fight control system, plans to concentrate on the one-seater fighter. There is a possibility that the Indian version of the Russian fighter will be lighter and smaller, and thus cheaper.
There have been reports in the past few months about the new fighter's exterior design. Judging by photographs of the prototype available online, the T-50 will resemble the American F-22, a fact easily explained by similar parameters on their technical specifications. However, it is yet undecided whether the model will eventually be used as a prototype.
As of now, one can only make general conclusions on what kind of a machine it will be, based on the known parameters of their technical specifications. The new fighter should be:
- multifunctional - capable of successfully hitting air, ground and water targets alike, including small and moving ones, in any weather or time of the day, against an enemy equipped with high-precision weapons;
- super-maneuverable - capable of performing controlled flight at low velocity and large angle of attack;
- largely undetectable by optical, infrared or radio radars; and
- capable of taking off and landing on short runways.
However, the term "fifth-generation" covers more than just the fighters. It also embodies a whole range of equipment to ensure advanced combat capabilities, including weapons, radio-electronic equipment, ground- and air-based supply and control systems.
These elements are also under development, although not all projects are proceeding with equal speed and success. Nevertheless, they are all crucial to the program as a whole. Without them, the new fighter will remain a very expensive toy incapable of boosting the combat capabilities of the air force.
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 13, 2009 2:25:26 GMT -5
www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20090511.aspxU.S. Buys Su-27s May 11, 2009: The U.S. has purchased two Su-27 fighters from Ukraine. They were delivered in a Ukrainian An-124 transport. The Su-27s will be used to help train American pilots to cope with the growing number of Su-27 and Su-30 fighters being sold to air forces the world over. The two Su-27s will also be used to test the effectiveness of new U.S. radars and electronic warfare equipment. Russia's Sukhoi aircraft company has sold over a billion dollars worth of these aircraft (plus components and technical services for them) a year for the last few years. Sukhoi mainly supplies Su-27/30 jet fighters to India, China, Malaysia, Venezuela and Algeria. The 33 ton Su27 is similar to the U.S. F-15, but costs over a third less. Developed near the end of the Cold War, the aircraft is one of the best fighters Russia has ever produced. The government helped keep Sukhoi alive during the 1990s, and even supplied money for development of an improved version of the Su-27, which was called the Su-30. This proved to be an outstanding aircraft, and is the main one Sukhoi produces. There are now several Su-30 variants, and major upgrades. While only about 700 Su-27s were produced (mostly between 1984, when it entered service, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991), adding Su-30 production and you have over 1,000 aircraft (including license built ones in China and India).
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 31, 2009 0:18:22 GMT -5
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 7, 2009 8:37:54 GMT -5
Commander outlines future of the Russian Air Force.
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - New and modernized aircraft will comprise 70% of the Russian Air Force by 2020, the Air Force commander said on Wednesday.
"We expect 70% of the Air Force strength to be new and modernized aircraft by 2020," Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin told reporters.
"The development of the Russian Air Force will be carried out through extensive acquisition of new advanced aircraft and continuing modernization of the existing fleet," he added.
STRATEGIC AVIATION AND RECONAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
According to Zelin, Tu-95MC Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack bombers, Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bombers and Il-78 Midas aerial tankers will form the backbone of the Russian strategic aviation in the next decade following extensive modernization.
The bombers, in particular, will be equipped with new targeting and navigation systems, which will enable them, in particular, to use conventional unguided bombs with a very high degree of accuracy - effectively engaging any target within 20 meters.
They will also have their operational range increased and their onboard defense systems significantly upgraded, the general said.
In addition, Zelin said Russia had been developing a fifth-generation strategic bomber which could be used effectively in both conventional and nuclear conflicts.
"The new plane will use a wide selection of high-precision weapons, and will have a whole range of new combat capabilities, allowing it to apply new methods to carrying out deterrence tasks," he said.
Russia will also develop in the near future a number of advanced reconnaissance aircraft including a stratospheric plane capable of avoiding enemy air defenses.
"Ultra-high altitude reconnaissance planes will play a key role in future wars because they will be capable of staying in the air for a long time and conduct reconnaissance operations deep into enemy territory while avoiding hostile air defenses," the Air Force commander said.
FRONTLINE AVIATION
The frontline aviation is the core of the Russian Air Force and currently comprises MiG-31B Foxhound interceptors, Su-27 Flanker and MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, Su-24M Fencer fighter-bombers, Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack aircraft, and MiG-25R Foxbat and Su-24MR Fencer-E tactical reconnaissance aircraft.
Zelin said the Air Force will receive in the next decade not only modernized Su-27SM and MiG-29SMT fighters, but also generation 4++ Su-35S Flanker-E and MiG-35C Fulcrum-F fighters.
"The Russian Defense Ministry will start purchasing large numbers of these aircraft at the beginning of the next decade," the general said.
Meanwhile, Russia's fifth-generation multirole fighter is being developed by the Sukhoi aircraft maker, part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), along with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), under a preliminary intergovernmental agreement signed in October 2007.
"Flight tests of the [fifth-generation] aircraft are scheduled to start in the second half of 2009, and the aircraft is expected be put into service in the next few years," the commander said.
He also said Su-24 fighter-bombers will soon be replaced by advanced Su-34 Fullback aircraft.
The general reiterated that Russia will start in 2009 the production of the Su-25UBM, a two-seat version of the Su-25SM.
MILITARY TRANSPORT AVIATION
There are up to 300 transport aircraft in service with the Russian Air Force, including An-12 Cub, An-72 Coaler, An-22 Cock, An-124 Condor and Il-76 Candid planes.
The An-12, An-22, and An-26 planes will be decommissioned in the near future, Zelin said.
The An-26 plane will be replaced by Il-112B light transport aircraft with higher payload capacity and better fuel efficiency.
"The first Il-112 is expected to make its maiden flight in 2011. The Air Force will order over 70 planes of this type," the general said.
The An-12 will be most likely replaced by a medium-haul transport plane jointly-developed by Russia and India, Zelin said.
The plane, with a 20-ton cargo capacity, is expected to go in service with the Russian and Indian air forces in about eight years.
The An-124 and its modernized version, the An-124-100, will remain in service as a strategic heavy airlift transport aircraft. In addition, 12 Il-76 aircraft will be modernized to Il-76MD-90A starting in 2011.
HELICOPTERS
The existing fleet of Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters will be fully replaced with new-generation Mi-28N Night Hunter and Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters by 2015.
"We have started deliveries of Mi-28N helicopters to combat units [in the North Caucasus military district] and plan to re-equip at least one squadron with these aircraft by the yearend," Zelin said.
"We are also expecting to complete the tests of the Ka-52 helicopter this year," he added.
The Ka-52 is a twin-seat derivative of the Ka-50 Hokum-A attack helicopter, and is designed primarily for reconnaissance and target designation purposes. It is similar to the U.S. AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
UAV
The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will start playing an increasingly important role in future combat. Given their much lower manufacturing and maintenance costs they could form as much as 40% of the Air Force fleet by 2025, Zelin said.
The Air Force will start receiving domestically-developed attack UAVs in 2011.
"Unmanned and manned aircraft will complement one another, and must be able to accomplish a full range of combat missions in regional or local conflicts," the general said.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 8, 2009 4:13:44 GMT -5
Russia working on undetectable spy plane: air force chief.
Space War ^ | Aug 5, 2009 | Staff Writers
Russia is working on a series of spyplanes that would be undetectable by air defence systems, the chief of Russia's air force said Wednesday.
"A special role in the air force's future strategy is set for a dramatically new class of spy planes -- high-flying stratosphere aircraft able to monitor a war zone without entering the defended air space," General Alexander Zelin was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Russia currently relies on the Su-24MR and MIG-25RB intelligence airplanes, Zelin said, adding that the airforce had "a sufficient number of them."
However, modern warfare required a higher level of information gathering which had forced the Russian airforce to dramatically upgrade its intelligence corps, Zelin said.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 15, 2009 4:56:51 GMT -5
YANKS RUN AWAY SCARED OF NEW RUSSIAN AVIATION TECH!!!
PLZ PLZ PLZ UNVEIL THE NEW STEALTH PLANE!!
Obama bars U.S. aircraft from Moscow air show over crisis.
ZHUKOVSKY, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - President Barack Obama has banned U.S. Air Force planes from participating in MAKS-2009 air show in Russia citing the ongoing economic crisis, the show organizer said on Friday.
"Eight U.S. aircraft were originally set to be showcased at MAKS and two more to participate in demonstration flights. But the U.S. president's last-minute decision was not to send the planes, which is due to economic, rather than political, reasons," said Vladimir Borisov of the Aviasalon firm.
Earlier reports said over 711 companies, including 465 Russian firms, will participate in the biennial air show outside Moscow on August 18-23.
MAKS bills itself as "a demonstration of the advantages and development trends of Russian science and industry in such high-tech areas as aviation, space, missile engineering."
The United States dispatched nine Air Force planes to the previous show, including a B-52 Stratofortress which stirred intense interest, as well as F-15 Eagle and F-16 Falcon fighter jets that performed demonstration flights.
Borisov also said the A-380 airliner, the world's largest and most technologically advanced aircraft to date, would not be showcased either due to a busy schedule of test and routine flights.
Russia's Interior Ministry said on Friday the crisis would not affect the number of visitors to the show this year, with 100,000 tickets already sold and up to 220,000 visitors expected next Sunday alone.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 15, 2009 4:58:23 GMT -5
Russia begins testing MiG-35 ahead of field trials in India.
Domain b ^ | 14 August 2009
Nizhny Novgorod: The Russian manufacturer of the MiG-35 advanced air superiority fighter has said that it has begun testing the MiG-35 ahead of field trials that have now commenced in India. It also said that production of the MiG-35 multirole fighters, on offer to India for its multi-role medium range combat aircraft (MMRCA) global tender, can commence only around 2013 or 2014.
The MiG-35 Fulcrum-F, an export version of the MiG-29M OVT (Fulcrum F), is a highly manoeuvrable air superiority fighter, with an even more advanced engine than that available with the Sukhoi-30MKI.
"We have begun testing the MiG-35 fighter for the Indian tender," said Alexander Karezin, director general of the Sokol company based in Nizhny Novgorod. When, and if, the MiG-35 wins a contract for the Indian MMRCA or any other tender, Sokol would be the manufacturing base for the aircraft.
Six global aircraft makers - Lockheed and Boeing from the United States, Russia's MiG, which is part of the UAC, France's Dassault, Sweden's Saab and the EADS consortium of British, German, Spanish and Italian companies - are in contention for the $11 billion MMRCA contract for 126 fighters to be supplied to the Indian Air Force.
Sokol had announced earlier that the first two MiG-35 aircraft would be delivered to India in August for test flights and will conduct a series of flight tests with live firing for an Indian Air Force delegation at one of the testing grounds on the Russian territory sometime in late 2009.
The MiG-35 is powered by RD-33 OVT thrust vectoring engines, which provide unmatched manoeuvrability to the fighter's performance.
Russia has stressed time and again that should the MiG-35 win the MMRCA tender, it would transfer all key technologies to India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and also provide assistance for the production of the aircraft in the country.
MIG-35 The MiG-35, a 4++ generation fighter, represents the final evolution of the family of MiG-29 fighters that includes the MiG-29M/M2 and the MiG-29K/KUB versions. The design bureau claims that the MiG-35 represents so many new features and capabilities over its predecessors that it was ultimately deserving of a new designation of its own.
About the only thing that it shares in a major way with its predecessors is its airframe.
The RD-33OVT power plant with thrust vector control is the standard engine for the MiG-35. Its nozzles can be oriented -+15 degrees in vertical axis and -+8 degrees in the horizontal axis. Thrust vectoring is controlled by a modernized SDU-915-01 fly-by-wire system. The RD-33OVT, developed by St. Petersburg's Klimov plant, has been tested on a MiG-29OVT technology demonstrator since 2003.
The MiG- 29OVT is the first twin-engine aircraft with all-directional vectoring nozzles that can move in all axes. The only restrictions on performance are imposed by the airframe design. Other existing thrust vectoring aircraft - Russia's Su-30MKI and the American F-22 - feature just two-dimensional vectoring nozzles.
The power plant is equipped with a smokeless combustion chamber and new electronic control system (FADEC type). Engines are of the module structure and have increased reliability and service life.
The final configuration of the MiG-35's onboard equipment has deliberately been left open to cater to customer requirements.
Since all new MiG family aircraft have an open architecture configuration for its avionics, future customers of MiG-35 will have an option to choose from components and systems manufactured by Russian, French and Israeli companies. The Ramenskoe Design Company will act as the systems integrator and prime supplier of components and subsystems.
The MiG-35 boasts of following advancements over its predecessors:
•increased weapons load stored with nine external stations; •increased fuel capacity, in-flight refuelling and possibility of using as a tanker; •airframe and main systems anti-corrosion protection technology which meets the standards developed for carrier-based aircraft thus simplifying fighters operation in tropical weather conditions; •significantly reduced radar signature; •three channel fly-by-wire control system with quadruple redundancy; •reliability of aircraft, engines and avionics is significantly increased; •lifetime and service life are extended; •mean time between overhauls (MTBO) of engines is increased; •the MiG-35 aircraft flight hour cost is almost 2.5 times lower than those of the MiG-29 fighter. A number of innovative solutions have been developed for the MiG-35 aircraft which provides for independent operations, such as an airborne oxygen generation plant.
As for the onboard radar, a number of options are available and the customer can decide depending on their requirements.
The Indian Air Force has evaluated both the Zhuk-ME and Bars-29 radars. The former is installed on the carrier-based MiG-29K/KUB naval fighters, which are on order by the Indian Navy as the flying complement for the Adm Gorshkov/INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier.
Russia's Phazotron Corporation, which has designed the Zhuk-ME has said that its slot array antenna has been changed for the active phased array antenna with the Zhuk-MFE modification.
The Bars-29 with a passive phased array antenna is developed by Russian NIIP as a scaled-down version of the Bars radar installed on Su- 30MKI fighters.
The multi-role radar with active phased array provides for advantage over the competitors due to the following factors:
•extended range of operating frequencies; •increased quantity of detected, tracked and attacked targets; •possibility of simultaneous attack of air and ground targets; •extended detection range; •enhanced resolution in the surface mapping mode; •high jamming protection and survivability. ELTA Systems' EL/M-2052 radar with an active phased array antenna is believed to be the third contender.
The IRST system with infra-red, TV and laser sighting equipment has been developed using space technologies. The system distinctive features are the increased range, detection, tracking, identification and lock-on of air, ground/surface targets in the forward and rear hemispheres, at day and night measuring the distance with laser range-finder as well as the formation of target designation and laser illumination of ground targets.
The IRST system and new helmet-mounted target designation system are integrated into the armament control system. In addition to the built-in IRST system the MiG-35 aircraft is equipped with a podded one.
The MiG-35 aircraft is also equipped with the following:
•radio electronic reconnaissance and electronic counter measures; •optronic systems for detection of attacking missiles and laser emission; •decoy dispensers to counteract the enemy in the radar and infrared ranges. In addition to the "A-A" and "A-S" class weapons applied on the MiG-29K/KUB and MiG-29M/M2 aircraft a number of advanced aircraft armament, which have not been offered earlier for export, is also being included as part of the aircraft's package.
Long range weapons capable of attacking targets without approaching enemy air defence zones are among them.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 19, 2009 4:57:37 GMT -5
Russian Defense Ministry orders 64 Su-family fighters.
MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi aircraft maker signed on Tuesday a contract on the delivery of 64 Su fighters to the Russian Air Force.
The contract, signed during the MAKS-2009 air show in Zhukovsky near Moscow, stipulates the delivery of 48 Su-35 by 2015, and 12 Su-27SM and four Su-30M2 multirole fighters by 2011.
The value of the contract was not disclosed, but according to open sources, the cost of a Su-35 fighter, billed as "4++ generation using fifth-generation technology," is estimated at up to $65 million.
The head of Vnesheconombank (VEB), Vladimir Dmitriyev, announced at the air show on Tuesday that the national development bank would grant Sukhoi a 3.5 billion-ruble ($109 million) loan to start mass production of Su-35 jets.
The Su-35 fighter, powered by two 117S engines with thrust vectoring, combines high maneuverability and the capability to effectively engage several air targets simultaneously using both guided and unguided missiles and weapon systems.
The aircraft also features the new Irbis-E radar with a phased antenna array, which allows the pilot to detect and track up to 30 air targets, while simultaneously engaging up to eight targets.
It is equipped with a 30-mm cannon with 150 rounds, and can carry up to eight metric tons of combat payload on 12 external mounts.
Russia's Air Force commander, Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, said in July that up to three air regiments would be equipped with Su-35 fighters in the future.
Russia also plans to export at least 160 Su-35 fighters to several countries including India, Malaysia and Algeria.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 19, 2009 5:31:59 GMT -5
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