Sukhoi to deliver first batch of Su-35s to Russia by year-end
The company has completed a common docking unit of the first batch of Su-35 multi-role fighters and will deliver them to the Defence Ministry later this year.
Caption: The Su-35 undergoing flight tirals. A Sukhoi photo
MOSCOW (BNS): Russia’s Sukhoi Company is gearing up to deliver the first batch of Su-35 long-range multi-role fighters to the country’s air force by the end of this year.
The company said on Tuesday that it has completed a common docking unit of the first batch of Su-35s and will deliver the first production fighters to the Defence Ministry later this year.
Sukhoi had received a $2.5 billion contract from the Defence Ministry in 2009 to supply a total of 48 Su-35 fighters to the Russian Air Force.
The first experimental Su-35, completed in summer 2007 at Komsomolsk-na-Amure Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO), first appeared during Russia’s MAKS-2007 air show. It began flight tests in 2008.
The 4++ generation single-seat, heavy class, long-range, multi-role fighter is a modified version of the original Su-27 fighter. Employing technologies of the fifth generation, the new fighter will feature an improved airframe, more powerful 117S engines, new integrated control system and a powerful radar system among others.
The new fighter will be armed with new type of air-to-air and air-to-surface guided missiles, including long-range ones besides other weapons.
The company said on Tuesday that it has completed a common docking unit of the first batch of Su-35s and will deliver the first production fighters to the Defence Ministry later this year.
Sukhoi had received a $2.5 billion contract from the Defence Ministry in 2009 to supply a total of 48 Su-35 fighters to the Russian Air Force.
The first experimental Su-35, completed in summer 2007 at Komsomolsk-na-Amure Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO), first appeared during Russia’s MAKS-2007 air show. It began flight tests in 2008.
The 4++ generation single-seat, heavy class, long-range, multi-role fighter is a modified version of the original Su-27 fighter. Employing technologies of the fifth generation, the new fighter will feature an improved airframe, more powerful 117S engines, new integrated control system and a powerful radar system among others.
The new fighter will be armed with new type of air-to-air and air-to-surface guided missiles, including long-range ones besides other weapons.
