By 2028, the number of Su-57 fighters in the Russian Armed Forces will grow to 76.
KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR,
June 16. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi Design Bureau are
planning to develop a two-seat Su-57 fifth-generation fighter in its export
configuration, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday.
"There is
interest in this aircraft and, in my view, it will grow with every passing year
as our Russian Army is supplied with this model. Foreign customers at first
look at how a particular weapon of the Russian Armed Forces operates. The
Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi Design Bureau have plans to develop a two-pilot
aircraft that will boost the export demand for this model … and it may create
additional demand," the vice-premier said during his working trip to the
Primorye Region in the Russian Far East.
CEO of Russia’s state
arms seller Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev said in early June that five
Southeast Asian countries were displaying interest in the latest Su-57
fifth-generation fighter.
The Sukhoi Su-57 is a
Russian-made fifth-generation multirole fighter designated 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
a 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.
The Russian Armed
Forces received the first Su-57 fighter in 2020. Russia’s Aerospace Force will
get 22 Su-57 fighters by late 2024, and their number in the Russian Armed
Forces will grow to 76 by 2028.
Source: ITAR-TASS
16-06-2021
