DefenceTalkRussia’s new Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA fighter jet has just been given another capability – the means to destroy surface warships. Sputnik spoke to military expert Andrei Golovatyuk to find out whether it’s now appropriate to add ‘ship slayer’ to the fifth-generation aircraft’s list of capabilities. On Wednesday, Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reported that the Kh-35UE tactical […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-new-5th-generation-fighter-jet-tests-new-anti-ship-missile-69911/

DefenceTalkA contract for the serial production of the fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA fighter jet at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant is planned to be signed before the end of 2017, Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Territory Vyacheslav Shport said. “A contract for the production of the first batch of T-50 PAK FA fighter jets for Russia’s Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-may-start-producing-t-50-fighters-in-late-2017-68195/

DefenceTalkThe King of Bahrain visited the hangars of various foreign companies during the Bahrain International Airshow-2016, including hangars of ‘Sukhoi’, ‘Rosoboronexport’ and holding ‘Helicopters of Russia’. King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has expressed interest in Russia’s multipurpose fighter of the fifth generation ‘Sukhoi’ T-50 (PAK FA). The start of serial production of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-pak-fa-dazzles-at-bahrain-international-airshow-66549/

DefenceTalkRussian and Indian engineers have completed the preliminary design for the export version of the fifth generation fighter jet – the PAK-FA, announced Andrey Marshankin, Regional Director for International Cooperation of the United Aircraft Corporation. “At the moment, together with our Indian colleagues, we have finished creating an export version of the PAK-FA, known in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-agree-fgfa-preliminary-design-61868/

DefenceTalkThe unique air system increases fighter jet’s jamming resistance and damage tolerance, as well as neutralizes enemy’s signature control systems The Radio Electronic Technologies concern provided the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAC FA) T-50 with the first batch of Himalayas electronic warfare systems. “We are currently testing it,” General Director Nikolay Kolesov told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-5th-gen-fighter-t-50-electronic-warfare-system-60815/

DefenceTalkA Russian military delegation about to visit Brazil will offer joint development of a fifth-generation combat aircraft “of the type” of its own most newest fighter to Brazilian defense officials, a member of the delegation told RIA Novosti Monday. The proposal appears to be in support of an unsolicited offer by Russia’s combat aircraft maker […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-offer-brazil-stake-in-future-advanced-fighter-project-49395/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Sukhoi T-50 5G fighter jet is equipped with cutting-edge computerized life support systems, including an oxygen station securing unlimited breathing gas supply and advanced pilot’s compensation system that anticipates gravity overload. The research and development enterprise Zvezda has announced the final tests for its onboard oxygen generation system that will be installed on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-5g-fighters-boast-cutting-edge-life-support-systems-48520/

DefenceTalkTests of Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 fighter jets in the Chkalov state flight test center in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region in south Russia may start in July, Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said. “In two months,” he said Monday when asked when the center would start tests of such jets, adding that the first serial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fifth-generation-russian-jet-tests-may-start-in-july-47712/

DefenceTalkThe contract to develop a sketch and technical project of the Russian-Indian perspective multi-functional 5th-generation fighter (PMI/FGFA) was completed. The fighter design was fully developed. Both parties have agreed upon on the amount and division of work during the research and development (R&D) stage. A contract for the R&D is being prepared. It is to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-russia-agree-on-technical-specs-of-new-pak-fa-fighter-47429/