Media: Russian Federation could agree to
transfer to China the technology of production of engines for the Su-35
02/17/2017 ITAR-TASS
Russia and China signed a contract for 24
Su-35 in November 2015
BEIJING, Feb. 16th. / Corr. Roman Balandin
TASS /. Russia probably has agreed to supply China with the Su-35 engines of
the latest batch of them AL-41F1S (article 117C) and transfer them to the
production technology. Told SINA information portal, citing sources.
"China has purchased a separate party to
the engines of the Su-35 to test Russia probably agreed to transfer technology
(engines).", - The newspaper writes.
According to the portal in the test engine in
China AL-31FN third series (for deck-based fighters Su-33) "is not
actually shown any benefit in traction as compared to domestic (Chinese) WS-10B
with a nominal thrust of 13.5 tons except that it is superior to the
reliability and stability of those of the latter. "
The newspaper said China wants to carry out
tests to determine whether the superior AL-41F1S on these indicators AL-31FN
third series. This will help in the selection of engines for the Chinese
military aircraft.
Russia and China signed a contract for 24
Su-35 in November 2015. The cost of the agreement is estimated at no less than
$ 2 billion in the agreement also includes the supply of ground equipment and
reserve engines. As reported earlier Tass source in the military-technical
cooperation system, the contract will be executed in three years.
The first four fighters were delivered to
China in 2016. The second batch of ten Su-35 will be delivered to China in
2017, the remaining ten - 2018.
Su-35 - the Russian multi-role fighter,
equipped with on-board radar with a phased antenna array, as well as engines
with thrust vector control. It can reach speeds of up to 2.5 thousand km / h,
the range of its flight reaches 3.4 thousand km, combat radius -.. About 1.6
thousand. Km. The fighter is armed with 30 mm cannon caliber and has 12
suspension points for bombs and missiles.
02/16/2017
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Translated by google - Original post:
Russia recently agreed to modernize Su-30MKI
with Su-35 engines now they agree to transfer Su-35 engine tech to China. This can mean that the new engines for the
PAK FA must be nearly completed…..
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