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| Vladislav Perminov |
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| Su-57 photo UAC |
Moscow. the 25th of October. INTERFAX-AVN - The upgraded Su-57 aircraft performed its first flight on October 21 this year, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported on Tuesday.
"The Sukhoi Design Bureau as part of
the UAC is working to improve the Su-57. On October 21, the first flight of the
upgraded fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft took place at the airfield of the
Flight Research Institute named after M.M. Gromov (Moscow Region - IF). The
aircraft was piloted by a test pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau , Hero of the
Russian Federation Sergei Bogdan. The flight lasted 56 minutes and passed
without remarks," the report said.
According to the UAC, "on-board
equipment with extended functionality, intelligent crew support and the
possibility of using a wide range of new types of weapons is being tested on
the aircraft."
"Also, the aircraft is provided with
the possibility of installing a second-stage engine," the press release
says.
The Su-57 was developed by the Sukhoi
company (part of the UAC) and is manufactured at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Aviation Plant (KnAAZ). This is a fifth-generation multi-role fighter designed
to destroy all types of air targets in long-range and close combat, to destroy
enemy ground and surface targets while overcoming air defense systems. Its
first flight took place on January 29, 2010.
Supersonic cruising speed and in-fuselage
weapons are the hallmarks of the fifth generation of fighters. It was reported
that the first Su-57s would be produced already in serial form, but with
engines of the previous generation. The engine of the "second stage"
(product of the 30th production of the United Engine Corporation, UEC), which
will provide the Su-57 with supersonic cruising speed, began flight tests in
December 2017.
The first serial Su-57 entered the Russian
Aerospace Forces at the end of 2020. It is officially stated that by the end of
2024, the Russian military plans to receive 22 more such aircraft. In total, by
2028, 76 fifth-generation fighters should be produced, which will equip three
air regiments.
It was reported about the use of this
aircraft during the fighting in Syria and Ukraine.
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