On November 6, 2025, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that, as part of the fulfillment of the State Defense Order, it had manufactured and transferred to the Russian Ministry of Defense a new batch of Su-34 front-line bombers (fighter-bombers). The aircraft passed a set of necessary ground and flight factory tests and were handed over to the customer.
One of the Su-34 (Su-34NVO) front-line bombers transferred to the Russian Air Force in the sixth batch of new construction in 2025 from the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation. The side numbers in the photo are retouched. Novosibirsk, October-November 2025 (c) PJSC United Aircraft Corporation
"The UAC team is effectively solving the tasks of providing the Russian army with combat aircraft. The employees of our factories keep a high production rate, ensuring the timely release of the planned volumes under the State Defense Order program. And Sukhoi Design Bureau engineers continue to work on improving the aircraft systems in service, including the results of their combat use during a special military operation. This allows us to make our aircraft even more efficient to meet current and future challenges," said Vadim Badekha, CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation.
From the bmpd side, we would like to point out that, thus, the Russian Aerospace Forces received the sixth batch of Su-34 front-line bombers in 2025, built by the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov (NAZ) UAC. According to a number of reports, this shipment was actually handed over to the Ministry of Defense at the end of October. The UAC announced the transfer of the first batch of Su-34 aircraft to the troops in 2025 on April 19, the second batch of aircraft of this type on July 10, the third batch on August 12, the fourth batch on September 15, and the fifth batch on October 6.
Earlier in 2024, the Russian Air Force received six batches of Su-34 aircraft built by NAZ. As usual, the number of aircraft delivered has not been disclosed in the KLA reports since 2022, and their flight numbers are retouched on the official photos and videos distributed.
According to available data, by the beginning of 2025, the total number of Su-34 bombers built for the Russian Aerospace Forces amounted to 194 units, including seven experimental and pre-production aircraft, including 16 production aircraft delivered in 2024.
The Su-34 (Su-34NVO) front-line bombers of the sixth batch of the new-built 2025 Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov, United Aircraft Corporation, transferred to the Russian Air Force. The side numbers in the photo are retouched. Novosibirsk, October-November 2025 (c) PJSC United Aircraft Corporation
