DefenceTalkRussia’s Su-57 fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter, also known as T-50, had performed its first test flight with a new-generation engine, a source in the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry told reporters on Tuesday. “Russia’s newest fifth generation fighter, T-50, performed its maiden flight with the second stage engine on December 5, 2017, at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-su-57-fifth-generation-fighter-makes-first-flight-with-new-engine-70975/

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/

DefenceTalkThe BrahMos light cruise missile will be mounted both in submarines’ torpedo launchers and on Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet, CEO and General Designer of the Machine-Building R&D Consortium Alexander Leonov said on Friday. “We are working on the missile’s light version. It should fit the size […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-to-develop-brahmos-light-cruise-missile-for-pak-fa-fighter-jet-68947/

DefenceTalkNew pictures of the Russian cutting-edge T-50 prototype fifth-generation fighter jet have been published on the planemaker’s official website. The images were unveiled by the producing Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant and apparently show a first flight of a prototype model of the T-50 (T-50-8). The plane is being developed by one of Russia’s leading aviation companies, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eighth-prototype-of-russian-t-50-fighter-enters-flight-test-68710/

DefenceTalkThe ninth prototype of the fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet will start undergoing trials in the imminent future, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said. Borisov made this statement during a working trip to the Saturn Scientific and Production Association in Rybinsk in central Russia. “The ninth prototype […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-test-9th-fifth-generation-t-50-fighter-jet-prototype-68485/

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 Russian Aerospace Forces will receive first units of the Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fifth-generation fighter aircraft in 2017, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, the Russian Aerospace Forces commander, said Saturday. “There are five [T-50 fighters] at the [Russian] Chkalov’s State Flight Testing Center, they are being tested, and beginning in 2017 they will be arriving […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-air-force-to-start-receiving-sukhoi-t-50-fighters-in-2017-67606/

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/

DefenceTalkKorea Aerospace Industries Ltd., South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Friday that it has made the first delivery of its multi-mission jets to the Philippines, further solidifying its status as an aircraft exporter. The two FA-50PH took off from Sacheon, 437 kilometers south of Seoul, to make the 2,482 kilometer “ferry flight” to the Philippines. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kai-makes-first-delivery-of-fighter-jets-to-the-philippines-65914/

DefenceTalkKorea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said Thursday that it has signed a $110 million deal to export four T-50 supersonic trainer jets to Thailand. Under the deal, the Korean company will deliver the trainer jets within 30 months. The signing ceremony took place at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seoul. Thailand selected the KAI T-50 over […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thailand-to-buy-korean-t-50-trainer-jets-65434/