Thread: Indo-Russia Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA

MOSCOW: Russia's fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), which is a joint project with India, today made a "succesful" maiden flight in the country's far east, boosting hopes that the stealth fighter may be ready for induction in the next five years.

"The 5th generation fighter made its maiden flight at Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The flight lasted about 45 minutes and was a success," Sukhoi Corporation's spokesperson Olga Kayukova told state-run 'Rossiya 24' TV.

Describing the flight as a textbook, she said, "all the expectations of the scientists were met".

With the aircraft getting airborne, Russia is the second country in the world to produce a 5th generation fighter, which is 90 per cent made up of composite fibre.

Sukhoi's KNAAPO aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is reported to have built three prototypes of FGFA with the technical name T-50 under its PAK FA project to rival US Lockheed F-22 Raptor and its newer version F-35.

Under an agreement signed in October 2007, India has also joined the FGFA project by taking a 50 per cent investment stake in the project. For the Indian Air Force, a lighter, two-seater version is to be developed to meet its specific requirements.

The Russian Air Force intends to begin the induction of FGFA from 2015, India is also expected to induct at least 250 combat jets, which would be manufactured by HAL - the nodal partner of Sukhoi in the project.

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With Russian collaboration, India has tested a fifth-generation stealth fighter, a figher jet which will form the backbone of Indian's air power in the coming decades.

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Russia and India will sign the first contract on the manufacturing of a fifth-generation jet fighter in late February-early March, a Russian defense industry official said Monday.

"We expect a contract on the first stage of design, specifically the development of a technical design concept, to be signed in late February-early March," Alexander Fomin, first deputy head of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, said.

He added that Russia and India were currently "at an active phase of negotiations" on manufacturing fifth-generation fighters.

It was not entirely clear whether Fomin was referring to Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter, which has already made two test flights, or a new project. Nor did he indicate exactly what role India would play.

Russia has been developing its newest fighter since the 1990s. The current prototype, known as the T-50, was designed by the Sukhoi design bureau and built at a plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in Russia's Far East.

It will be delivered to the Russian Air Force from 2015 onwards.

Russian officials have already hailed the fighter as "a unique warplane" that combines the capabilities of an air superiority fighter and attack aircraft.

(RIA Novosti)

Putin said Indo-Russia Joint Venture SUKHOI T50 PAK FA is The Best Fifth Generation Fighter



Sukhoi PAK FA is better Than f-22 Raptor

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin watched a test flight Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA fighter, nosed around its cockpit, and promptly declared it better than the F-22 Raptor.
“This machine will be superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in terms of maneuverability, weaponry and range"

Putin said the plane would cost up to three times less than similar aircraft in the West and could remain in service for 30 to 35 years with upgrades, according to the report."

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Originally Posted by IReporter

Putin said Indo-Russia Joint Venture SUKHOI T50 PAK FA is The Best Fifth Generation Fighter

Russian Prime Minister Valadimir Putin has no idea what he's talking about........

Sorry... PAKFA is NOT FGFA...
The tested bird is PAKFA... work on FGFA which will be twin seater will start around 2016-17 after IOC of PAKFA around 2015-16.