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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA Slated for Delivery to Russian Air Force This Year

Translated from RIA-Novosti: Moscow, 6 August 2013, “Russian Federation Air Force to Receive First T-50 Fifth-Generation Fighter This Year”
Lt Gen Viktor Bondarev, commander in chief of the Russian Federation air force, informed journalists Tuesday, that the modern frontline aviation aircraft system (Sukhoi PAK FA) is slated for delivery to the Russian Federation air force in the third quarter of 2013 and its state tests will begin in the fourth quarter.
The T-50 (PAK FA project) is a fifth-generation aircraft equipped with a fundamentally novel avionics system and modern radar with phased antenna array. The first flight took place 29 January 2010 in Komsomolsk-na-Amure, with the first public demonstration of the fighter taking place on 17 August 2011 at the MAKS-2011 international air show in Zhukovskiy, Moscow Oblast.
Presently, four T-50s are participating in the flight-testing program. In January 2013, the latest fighter of this foursome performed a solo flight from the Far East to Zhukovskiy. Two other planes are taking part in the program of ground tests of this system; ultimately, by the end of the year eight T-50s will participate in the tests.

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