Sunday 11 September 2022

UAC will hand over a batch of Su-57 and Su-35 fighters to the Ministry of Defense this year

Pavel Myth YB


Moscow. 10 September. INTERFAX-AVN - A batch of new Su-57 and Su-35 fighters will be handed over to the Russian military this year, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) said on Saturday.

Su-57    Photo by Sukhoi


These aircraft are created by the aviation plant. Y. Gagarin in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

     “In 2022, the plant will also hand over the first Su-35S aircraft to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the next, fourth contract. At the same time, the supply of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces will continue this year. The aircraft of the 2022 plan are already being tested at the flight test station plant," the UAC press service said in a statement.

     The KLA said that the Yuri Gagarin aircraft plant completed the implementation of the third contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, transferring a batch of new Su-35s.

     "The planes flew from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the home airfield," the corporation said.

     "The Su-35S of the newest series were accepted by the technical staff, passed factory tests at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin, a branch of PJSC UAC. Each aircraft was tested in the air in various operating modes," - stated in the KLA.


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