Fifth-generation fighter made its first flight
MOSCOW, January 29 - RIA Novosti. Rossiiskii fifth-generation fighter - a promising aviation complex tactical aircraft - commit on Friday its first flight, told RIA Novosti by telephone source in the aviation production association named after YA Gagarin (KnAAPO, Komsomolsk-on-Amur).
"The flight lasted for about 40 minutes," - the source said.
Fifth-generation fighter under development since the 1990's. New aviation complex will have several unique features: clock, all weather and stealth applications, low visibility and long-term supersonic flight. The aircraft will get a new on-board navigation station and a highly automated system of defense.
Plane at the end of last year made his first jog in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said earlier that the new generation fighter will begin to come into Russia's troops in 2015.
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