PAK FA news:
Source: 18.01.06, Interfax-AVN
Fifth Generation Fighter Getting Better
The fifth generation heavy combat airplane developed by the Sukhoy Aviation Holding Company will be lifted into the air in 2007. Financing of work on
its creation will be sharply increased this year. In the opinion of specialists, the possible participation of foreign partners guarantees the
airplane good marketing prospects.
In 2007, and perhaps, even at the end of 2006, the fifth generation airplane is supposed to be lifted into the air, Russias air force
commander-in-chief, General of the Army Vladimir Mikhaylov, announced.- The airplaneĀs airframe has been defined and that characteristics trued up
According to him, work on the airplane is progressing in accordance with the timetable. Mention by the CinC of the possibility of the creation of a
light-weight fifth generation airplane also is news.
We will be making a lighter airplane, perhaps with one engine, in parallel, Mikhaylov said.
True, the aircraft builders called this announcement of the general a bewilderment. Only one fifth generation airplane is indicated in the state arms
program, the heavy one, a source close to the Sukhoy Aviation Holding Company reported to Biznes.- A separate order is needed for a light one. And
this is a lot of money.
More about new light fighter I wrote in thread
Encyclopedia of non american stealth
planes
Also the PAK FA has now bigger maximal take-off weight than originaly planned, so it is close to Su-47 demonstrator. I made a new drawing, but this is
the last one {because my sources told me, that official drawings will be released soon}.
Bigger here:
www.hitechweb.szm.sk...
