Russia To Receive 5th Gen Fighters This Year
February 9, 2015
WARSAW— The Russian Air Force is set to receive the first batch of Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA jet fighters this year amid its strained business relationship with co-developer India. In 2007, Moscow and New Delhi signed an agreement to jointly develop the fighter jet, following which Russia’s state-owned Rosoboronexport and Sukhoi, and India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, signed a preliminary design development deal. The total worth of design, research and development works has been estimated at more than $10 billion.
Meanwhile, the capabilities added to the new variant of the stealth fighter include a new avionics suite that integrates the electronic pilot functionality, and an advanced phased-array antenna radar, according to Russia’s state-run United Aircraft Corp.