Russia says its stealth jet ready for use in 2015
By Gleb Bryanski
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's fifth-generation stealth jet fighter will be ready for use in 2015, its designer said on Monday, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pressed the aviation industry to design a new strategic bomber.
Moscow is scrambling to update its ageing fleet of military aircraft. It test-flew a long-awaited stealth fighter at the end of January, presenting it as Moscow's first all-new warplane since the 1991 Soviet collapse and a challenge to the technological supremacy of its Cold War foe the United States.
Asked to compare his brainchild to the U.S. F-22 Raptor, built more than a decade ago, the Russian jet's chief designer Alexander Davydenko told reporters: "The basic features are the same but we tried to do it better."
He said Sukhoi, which produced the T-50 prototype of the jet, had simulated duels with the U.S. stealth fighter.
"I think we will have a competitive price. As for the efficiency-and-cost ratio, we will be much better," Davydenko said.
The first MiG-29 and Su-27 prototypes of the previous fourth generation took to the air in 1977. Analysts say several nations, including Libya and Vietnam, had expressed interest in the fifth-generation fighter.
Putin, who toured Sukhoi's design bureau in Moscow on Monday, said Russia still had much work to do before it starts producing the plane.
"Before this machine can go into serial production, there are over 2,000 test flights left. There is still a lot of work ahead," he told a government meeting on the aviation industry.
PUTIN WANTS NEW BOMBER
Putin also urged the industry to begin designing a new bomber.
"We should not confine ourselves to developing just one new model. After the fifth-generation fighter jet, we must think and get down to work on a next-generation, long-range aviation complex -- our new strategic missile carrier," Putin said.
Russia has a large fleet of Soviet-era Tu-95MS turbo-prop strategic bombers codenamed "Bears" by NATO. It has a much smaller number of more modern, supersonic Tu-160 "Blackjack" jet bombers, the world's biggest warplanes ever built.
Sukhoi CEO Mikhail Pogosyan said he saw his company's market share growing from 13 percent of the estimated global $200 billion market in 2006-15 to 15-16 percent of the $300 billion market in 2016-25.
He said three more experimental fighters would be built by the start of next year. Davydenko said 2015 was the deadline for delivering the plane to the armed forces.
Analysts from the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) said in a survey published last week that the T-50 prototype's engines did not measure up to new-generation fighters in terms of thrust-to-weight ratio and fuel economy.
The T-50 will also be produced in a 50/50 joint venture with India and could be armed with jointly made BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, Davydenko said.
Slated to enter service by 2015, the same time gomen wants to retire the MiG-29 fleet. However, there are concern on the performance of the engine. But, as this aircraft is still under development, the Russians may have a better engine to fit by the time this aircraft enters production..
215# windof
Beli 100 biji? Kang ada pulak Ah Beng yg tersentap kata Mesia upset balance of power dan memulakan arms race..sebaiknya biar kita jgn upset imbangan kuasa, biarlah kita ni tak kuat, yg ptg jaga hati jiran2..
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Interesting article about the PAK-FA
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OKB Aviaavtomatika HOTAS Control Stick
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PAK FA Concept (1990)
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Russia to make 1,000 stealth jets, eyes India deal
Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:58pm IST
By Gleb Bryanski
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Russia will build more than 1,000 stealth fighter jets within four decades, including at least 200 for its traditional weapons buyer India, the head of plane maker Sukhoi said on Friday.
Sukhoi test-flew its long-delayed fifth-generation fighter at the end of January, and Moscow said it would be able to compete with its U.S. F-22 Raptor rival built more than a decade ago.
Sukhoi said last week it hoped the fighter, codenamed T-50, would be ready for use in 2015.
If you talk about warplanes of this type, there is definitely a market for it if we produce more than 1,000 jets, Sukhoi director Mikhail Pogosyan told reporters on the sidelines of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India.
We have all grounds to believe that there will not be tough competition on the world market, he said.
He said Russia would produce more than 1,000 of the planes within 35 to 40 years.
After the test flight, Putin said Russia had plenty of work to do on the plane.
Analysts say Russia's plans for a joint venture with India to produce the stealth fighters will likely be watched with unease by India's uneasy neighbour Pakistan and regional rival China.
Pogosyan said an agreement on joint output of the jet with India was still in the works and did not say when a deal might be signed.
I believe that more than 200 planes will be delivered (to India), Pogosyan said.
I think (Russia's) defence ministry will buy no less than this amount, he said. About 600 of the planes would be sold elsewhere, he said.
Analysts say several nations, including Libya and Vietnam, have already expressed interest in the fifth-generation fighter.
Apart from America, the only other fifth-generation project is Russia's, while the Europeans have given up such plans, Pogosyan said.
Probably the Chinese will try and promote such a product, but I think they face an immense amount of work to make their product competitive, he said.
(Reporting by Gleb Bryanski - Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Paul Tait)
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230# HangPC2
I would not exactly agree on Europe giving up on a 5th gen aircraft. They have done in depth research on it. all they need is political will. If Russia becomes over-bearing again, they will build.
230# HangPC2
I would not exactly agree on Europe giving up on a 5th gen aircraft. They have done in depth research on it. all they need is political will. If Russia becomes over-bearing again, ...
belacan79 Post at 14-3-2010 14:34 http://mforum2.cari.com.my/images/common/back.gif
Just make sure the prime contractor is not Airbus hahaha :lol:
232# escortburuk
Kalau led by Airbus mesti delay punye...esp. kalau French yg lead.
230# HangPC2
Bayangkan kalau ada close to 1,000 biji PAK FA dalam tangan air force negara2 dunia ketiga mcm India, China, Pakistan hatta N. korea, while F22 Raptor operational only around 200 examples dlm pegangan USAF..jenuh juga AS nak mengekalkan air dominance mcm dia enjoy sekarang ni..
tapi sebenarnya sejak PAK FA muncul jadi berita gembira kontraktor kat sana, jadi boleh keluarkan lagi F-22
tapi sebenarnya sejak PAK FA muncul jadi berita gembira kontraktor kat sana, jadi boleh keluarkan lagi F-22
HangPC2 Post at 16-3-2010 13:03 http://mforum4.cari.com.my/images/common/back.gif
jangan2 kontraktor2 f-22a ada hubung kait dengan projek pak-fa nie..biler pak-fa siap dengan cepat maknanya usaf akan tekan obama utk menambah jumlah f-22 yg sedia adakerana risau dengan pesawat pak-fa nie dan sudah tentu mesin2 jig/tooling utk f-22a akan beroperasi semula...
236# mechatengu
intinya antara projek pak-fa dan f-22abagai air dan api bro.. keduanya akan terus bersaing dan saling menjatuhkan..kata rusky pak-fa dpt menghandle f-22a begitu juga sebaliknya..bikin negara lain pening la:dizzy::L
f22 terlampau mahal, klu tak silap penggunaannya hanya 2025. kos penyelenggaraan terlampau tinggi berbanding f35
236# mechatengu
intinya antara projek pak-fa dan f-22abagai air dan api bro.. keduanya akan terus bersaing dan saling menjatuhkan..kata rusky pak-fa dpt menghandle f-22a begitu juga sebaliknya. ...
advark Post at 17-3-2010 16:17 http://mforum.cari.com.my/images/common/back.gif
Nah, apa pilihan Indo sama MY utk mengatasi kelebihan Australia & SG yg bakal mempunyai F-35 Lightning, & mungkin F-22 versi eksport?
Indo punya sejarah di-embargo US, Malaysia punya sejarah aset militer drp US tak diberi source-code .... sbb itu beralih kiblat pembelian aset militer drp blok Rusia.
Kini platform tempur udara MY & Indo mmg mirip dgn platform Hawk & Sukhoi. Mungkin sekali pembelian aset tempur udara mendtg akan hampir sama, iaitu PAK-FA.
239# robotech
tapi sayang bro.. masih jauh dari bayangan untuk membelinya kerana bagi rusia sendiri pak-fa masih hal yg baru....antara di benarkan untuk membeli atau kitanya yg engan kerana masih belum teruji di medan perang..