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Troops from 2027 will begin to receive the Su-57 fighter in a new guise - the Board of the Military-Industrial Complex

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A hypersonic missile is already ready for him

Moscow. December 9th. INTERFAX - The Su-57 fighter will be armed with hypersonic weapons, from 2027 the aircraft will go to the troops with a new engine, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

"The tests of the aircraft with the new engine should be completed by 2024. In general, the tests with the completion of the second stage engine will last until 2026, the delivery of aircraft in a new guise is planned as part of the new state armament program from 2027. It will be about 25 cars out of 76 in the framework of the long-term contract already concluded," Yelchaninov said.

According to him, a serious increase in the needs of the Russian Defense Ministry in this aviation complex is already visible.

"In the near future, the Su-57 will be able to use hypersonic weapons, the missile is already ready," Yelchaninov said.

The Su-57 is a fifth-generation multi-purpose fighter designed to destroy all types of air targets in long-range and short-range battles, defeat ground and surface enemy targets with overcoming air defense systems. Its first flight took place on January 29, 2010.

At the end of 2020, the first serial Su-57 was accepted into the Russian Aerospace Forces. By the end of 2024, the Russian military plans to receive 22 more such aircraft. In total, 76 fifth-generation fighters should be produced by 2028, which will complement three aviation regiments.

Earlier it was reported that the first Su-57 will be produced in serial form, but with engines of the previous generation. The "second stage" engine (product 30 manufactured by UEC), which will provide the Su-57 with supersonic cruising speed, began flight tests in December 2017.

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