The Su-57 is a
fifth-generation multirole fighter designed to destroy all types of air, ground
and naval targets.
MOSCOW, December 26.
/TASS/. The first large-scale deliveries of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter
jet to Russia’s Aerospace Force will begin already next year, CEO of the state
hi-tech corporation Rostec said in a material published by RBC media group on
Thursday.
"Large-scale
work awaits us in 2020 to stabilize the aircraft industry… The first
large-scale deliveries of the fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft will begin. Of
course, these are challenging tasks that will truly mobilize us," the
chief executive said, commenting on the plans for the next year.
Russia’s Sukhoi
Aircraft Company signed a contract with the Defense Ministry at the Army
international arms show near Moscow on August 22, 2018 for the delivery of the
first two Su-57 fighters to the Russian troops. Then-Deputy Defense Minister
Alexei Krivoruchko said that the first serial-produced Su-57 out of 15 such
planes scheduled for delivery was set to arrive for the troops in 2019.
At the Army-2019
international arms show, the Defense Ministry signed a new contract with the
Sukhoi Aircraft Company on the manufacture and the delivery of 76 Su-57
multirole fighters for the Russian troops.
The Su-57 is a
fifth-generation multirole fighter designed to destroy all types of air, ground
and naval targets. The Su-57 fighter jet features stealth technology with the
broad use of composite materials, is capable of developing supersonic cruising
speed and is furnished with the most advanced onboard radio-electronic
equipment, including a powerful onboard computer (the so-called electronic
second pilot), the radar system spread across its body and some other
innovations, in particular, armament placed inside its fuselage.
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 plane’s armament
will include, in particular, hypersonic missiles. The fifth-generation fighter
jet has been successfully tested in combat conditions in Syria.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-12-2019
