The first contract
envisages the delivery of two fifth-generation aircraft in 2019-2020.
MOSCOW, January 16.
/TASS/. The second contract to manufacture 13 Su-57 fighter jets for the
Russian Aerospace Forces is to be signed next year, a source in Russia’s
aircraft-making industry told TASS on Wednesday.
"In 2020, we
plan to sign the second contract to manufacture and deliver 13 Su-57 fighter
jets, some of them equipped with the second-stage engines," he said.
"The preliminary timeframe for the new contract is five years."
The first contract
envisages the delivery of two fifth-generation aircraft in 2019-2020.
"In line with
the contract signed in 2018, one serial Su-57 jet with first-stage engines will
be delivered to the Aerospace Forces this year, the other aircraft featuring
the same type of engine - in 2020."
The aircraft’s
manufacturer, the United Aircraft Corporation, refrained from commenting on the
report.
The Su-57 is a
fifth-generation multirole fighter designed to destroy all types of air targets
at long and short ranges and hit enemy ground and naval targets, overcoming its
air defense capabilities.
The Su-57 took to the
skies for the first time on January 29, 2010. Compared to its predecessors, the
Su-57 combines the functions of an attack plane and a fighter jet while the use
of composite materials and innovation technologies and the fighter’s
aerodynamic configuration ensure the low level of radar and infrared signature.
The aircraft has been
successfully tested in Syria.
Source: ITAR-TASS
17-01-2019
