![]() ![]() The first delivery occurred at the end of 2020 when the first production-model Su-57 fighter, bort number Blue 01, was delivered to the 929th V.P. Initially, in August 2018, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and PJSC Sukhoi Company signed a contract for the first two serial Su-57s, T-50S-1 and T-50S-2.Ī year later, a follow on contract for 74 other aircraft was inked bringing the total order to 76 Su-57s. The Russian Air Force has ordered 76 aircraft. You can listen to the creepy, howling sound of Russia’s stealth jet in this video we have posted a few weeks ago. While it has not annoying soundtrack or post-production music, you can’t hear the peculiar high-pitched ringing engine sound of the Su-57 Felon, generated by the NPO Saturn AL-41F-1, an interim variable-bypass ratio turbofan engine rated at approximately 88.3KN (19,842 lb st) of dry thrust and 142.2kN (31,967 lb st) with afterburning derived from the one used by the Su-35. Bereznyak State Machine-Building Design Bureau (GosMKB) Raduga (part of KTRV), an enterprise specializing in the creation of high-precision missile weapons.Ī KTRV press release described the missile as a “multifunctional unobtrusive high-precision aviation cruise missile X-69.Anyway, the video also shows the other three Su-57s on the leader’s wing and the constant movements of the flight surfaces as the aircraft, in level flight, carry out the flypast over Moscow, most probably, during the Victory Parade in May. X-69 missile as displayed by Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) during the Army 2022 defense exhibition The X-69 missile can be fired from the internal weapons bay of the Su-57, and can also be mounted on the under-wing pylons of older jets such as the Su-35, Su-30SM, and MiG-35. KTRV displayed a full-size scale model of the missile, which is said to be ready for production. Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) unveiled at the Army 2022 event in Moscow an all-new cruise missile, the X-69 missile meant to be fired from the internal weapons bay of the Su-57 stealth jet. X-69 missile to be Launched from Su-57 Jet’s Internal Weapons Bay Yuri Slyusar, Head of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said at the Army 2022 event that second-stage engine development is progressing as per schedule without giving any further details. Earlier versions that flew at MAKS 2021 sport rounded engine exhausts similar to that of the AL41FP engine on the Su-35. The Su-57E stealth fighter aircraft displayed at the Army 2022 event in Moscow is equipped with a new engine design featuring a jagged edge exhaust nozzle which could be the much-anticipated second-stage engine, expected to power the production versions of the stealth jet. More recently, according to the designer of the Sukhoi Su-57, during the Army 2022 international military-technical forum is running on August 15-21 at the Patriot exhibition center outside Moscow, Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 multirole fighter may serve as the basis for developing prospective aircraft for new Russian aircraft carriers.ĬEO of Russia’s Rosoboronexport state arms seller Alexander Mikheyev stated at the MAKS 2021 international aerospace show that “Rosoboronexport is currently considering the requests for the fifth-generation Su-57E fighter from five countries of the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and Europe.”Īlthough the Russian weapons manufacturer declined to name the particular customer, he did say that countries of the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and Europe have shown interest in the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet.Īlexander Mikheyev explained that the Sukhoi Su-57 attracted great interest from several regions and that a state contract had been signed for this fighter.Īfrican countries interested in Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 “Felon” stealth fighter New Su-57E supercruise engines “The plans of the Ministry of Defense and the Sukhoi Design Bureau are to manufacture a two-pilot cockpit, which will expand the export demand for this model, it can create additional demand,” Borisov said at the time. On June 16, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the defense industry complex, announced that it was planned to develop a two-seater version of the Su-57 fighter in the export version.
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