![]() ![]() It is more stealthy than its predecessor. The new second-generation engine also features lower maintenance cost, better performance, and fewer radar signatures. The Izdeliye-30 is a new second-generation power plant having better fuel efficiency, relatively cheaper, and has an increased thrust than the older first-generation AL-41F1 engines. The latest batch of Su-57s will be equipped with the new Izdeliye-30 engine. US Army’s greatest transformation in the last 4 decades, Army Chief of Staff says The current engine used in the initial batch of Su-57 is first-generation and is the improved version of AL-31 that was used in the Su-27 jets. The Su-57 stealth aircraft uses the pair of a thrust vectoring Saturn Izdeliye 117 or AL-41F1 augmented turbofan engines. The aircraft can maintain supersonic flight (up to Mach 1.6) without using afterburners. The Su-57 can move with the maximum speed of Mach 2. It has a service ceiling of 66,000 feet (20,000 meters). The aircraft has a wingspan of 14.1 meters. While at the supersonic speed it has a range of 1500 km, two times the range of Su-27 fighter aircraft. The aircraft has a combat range of 3500 km without using supercruise speed. The Su-57 fighter jet has a maximum payload carrying capacity of 35,000 kg. But the total program cost and the exact per-unit price of the Su-57 are still not confirmed by the official sources. According to Foreign Policy Research Institute. The expected per unit cost of the Su-57 ranging from US$35 million to over US$54 million. So they don’t have to speed up the production of next-generation fighter aircraft the Su-57. He stated that they already have the Su-35 as one of the world’s best fighters in the Air Force. The one cause of the slow production of the 5th-generation fighter aircraft is also described by Yury Borisov, a former Deputy Minister of Defense. The Air Force is expected to procure 76 jets until 2028. The order of 12 fighters was agreed with the delivery starting from 2019. ![]() The Air Force planned to buy a total of 150 jets. The aircraft has an expected service life of about 35 years. The serial production of the jet was started in 2019 by Sukhoi. ![]() The first Su-57 stealth fighter entered service in the Russian Air Force in 2020. Russia’s next-generation ‘Centurion’ combat suit of the future But in 2018 India canceled the agreement by stating that the next-generation aircraft development FGFA program did not meet its requirements for advanced radar, stealth capabilities, avionics, and sensor suite. The development of the next-generation aircraft was expected to take about 8 to 10 years. India and Russia in 2007 signed an agreement to develop the FGFA (Fifth Generation Fighter Jet Program) jointly. From the three prototypes, the one fighter jet design was selected for production as Russia’s 5th-generation stealth capable aircraft. A total of three prototypes were decided to be built until 2009. The PAK FA program development stage was completed in 2007, as quoted by the Russian Air Force Chief Alexander Zelin by then. The conceptual design of the Su-57 stealth fighter was completed in 2004. The next-generation fighter aircraft has been under development since 2002 in the PAK FA program. The internal name of the Sukhoi Su-57 aircraft in the Sukhoi company is ‘T-50’. It will radically enhance the Air Force capabilities and will help to close the space of hundreds and even thousands of kilometers with an impenetrable air shield. These heavy drones will be integrated with the 5th-generation Su-57 fighter jets in mixed air regiments. Russia is also developing the next-generation S-70 Okhotnik (Hunter) strike drone. The Sukhoi company was selected for the designing and manufacturing of the new 5th-generation fighter jet. The aim of the PAK FA program was to develop the fighter jet that will compete with the Western Eurofighter Typhoons and the American most advanced F-22 Raptor. Follow us on Google News to get the latest defense news and analysisĪfter the cancellation of the Soviet Era next-generation fighter jet program, the new initiative was taken to develop the aircraft. But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the next-generation fighter jet program was delayed and eventually canceled in 2000. The new fighter aircraft was designated as MFI (Multifunctional Front-Line Fighter). The fighter jet was intended to enter service under the next-generation program in 1990. The Soviet Union in 1979, started the next-generation aircraft program. ![]()
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