Moscow. September 10th. INTERFAX - Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant (KnAAZ) named after Yuri Gagarin in 2022 plans to transfer to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation multifunctional Su-35S fighters and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters, the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) reported.
"In 2022, the plant will transfer the first Su-35S vehicles to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the next, fourth contract," the press service reported.
Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Astrakhan Center of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia for the first time received a batch of multifunctional Su-35S fighters. According to the UAC, these fighters, built at KnAAZ, are completing the implementation of the third contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for delivery to the Russian Aerospace Forces.
"At the same time, this year the supply of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces will continue. The machines of the 2022 plan are already being tested at the flight test station of the plant," the press service of the corporation reported.
The Su-35S is a super-maneuverable fighter of the 4++ generation, built, among other things, using separate technologies of the 5th generation. The Su-35 is equipped with a new avionics complex based on a digital information control system, a new radar with a phased array antenna with a longer range of detection of air targets and with an increased number of simultaneously tracked and fired targets, new engines with increased thrust are installed on the fighter.
The Su-35S can reach speeds of up to 2,500 km/h, has a maximum ceiling of 20 km and is capable of lifting eight tons of combat load into the air, including free-falling and adjustable aerial bombs, a wide range of guided missiles of the air-to-air and air-to-surface classes.
The Su-57 was developed by Sukhoi (part of the UAC) and is manufactured at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant (KnAAZ). This is a multi-purpose fighter of the fifth generation, 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.
Supersonic cruising speed and in-fuselage placement of weapons are distinctive features of the fifth generation of fighters. It was reported that the first Su-57 will be produced already in serial form, but with engines of the previous generation. The "second stage" engine (a product of the 30th production of the United Engine Corporation, UEC), which will provide the Su-57 with supersonic cruising speed, began flight tests in December 2017.
