This is When Russia is Going to Start Churning Out Fifth-Gen T-50 Jets

Russia may start producing Sukhoi T-50 air superiority jets en masse after 2018, a deputy defense minister said.

KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR (Sputnik) — The Russian Defense Ministry will consider the issue of Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fifth-generation fighter aircraft procurement under the new state armament program for 2018-2025, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said on Thursday.

"The aircraft is undergoing scheduled tests," Borisov told reporters.

He added that Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft manufacturing plant would continue to supply prototypes of the aircraft for testing.

"Three new aircraft, which the company will deliver in 2017, will join the first stage of the testing program," the official pointed out.

The T-50 is designed by the Russian Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer as part of the PAK FA, a fifth-generation fighter program of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It is a single-seat, twin-engine multirole fighter jet designed for air superiority and attack roles and equipped with advanced avionics system and an active phased array airborne radar. The first flight of the aircraft took place in 2010.

PAK FA (Advanced Tactical Air Sistem) T-50

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