Russia ready to launch fifth generation fighter serial production — deputy minister

[Hindustani78]

http://tass.ru/en/russia/784409


Russia
March 23, 17:02 UTC+3
The initial number of fifth-generation fighters for purchase may be corrected due to adjustment of the state armaments program

KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR, March 23. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry may adjust the order for the T-50 fifth-generation fighters (PAK FA) in the new economic situation with taking into account the Sukhoi Su-35 high flight characteristics, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Monday.

"It would be better for us to have a reserve of PAK-FA and the possibility to move ahead in the future to using the 4+ fighters’ [Su-30 and Su-35] capabilities to the maximum," the deputy minister said.

He also said that the Komsomolsk-on-Amur-based plant in the Russian Far East that is so far making the PAK-FA prototype models is ready to launch the aircraft series production. "According to the next year plans, we should have the first delivery of the series fifth-generation fighters," Borisov said during a visit to the plant.

"Most importantly, I can say that the fighter has been a success," he said."

According to Borisov, the Defense Ministry within the adjustment of the state armaments program reserves the right to determine the number of fifth-generation fighters for purchase, so the initial plans may be corrected.

The PAK FA (literally "Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation") is a fifth-generation fighter programme of the Russian Air Force. The T-50 is the aircraft designed by Sukhoi for the PAK FA programme. The aircraft is a stealthy, single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and will be the first operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth technology. It is a multirole combat aircraft designed for the air superiority and ground attack functions.

The series deliveries of the PAK-FA fighters to the troops are to begin in 2016. According to data as of late 2014, five such fighters were assembled and three more were in the process of manufacturing. By 2020, the Russian Air Force is to receive 55 T-50 fighters, according to Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation.

 

[wiseone2]

http://tass.ru/en/russia/784409


Russia
March 23, 17:02 UTC+3
The initial number of fifth-generation fighters for purchase may be corrected due to adjustment of the state armaments program

MOLSK-ON-AMUR, March 23. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry may adjust the order for the T-50 fifth-generation fighters (PAK FA) in the new economic situation with taking into account the Sukhoi Su-35 high flight characteristics, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Monday.

"It would be better for us to have a reserve of PAK-FA and the possibility to move ahead in the future to using the 4+ fighters’ [Su-30 and Su-35] capabilities to the maximum," the deputy minister said.

He also said that the Komsomolsk-on-Amur-based plant in the Russian Far East that is so far making the PAK-FA prototype models is ready to launch the aircraft series production. "According to the next year plans, we should have the first delivery of the series fifth-generation fighters," Borisov said during a visit to the plant.

"Most importantly, I can say that the fighter has been a success," he said."

According to Borisov, the Defense Ministry within the adjustment of the state armaments program reserves the right to determine the number of fifth-generation fighters for purchase, so the initial plans may be corrected.

The PAK FA (literally "Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation") is a fifth-generation fighter programme of the Russian Air Force. The T-50 is the aircraft designed by Sukhoi for the PAK FA programme. The aircraft is a stealthy, single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and will be the first operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth technology. It is a multirole combat aircraft designed for the air superiority and ground attack functions.

The series deliveries of the PAK-FA fighters to the troops are to begin in 2016. According to data as of late 2014, five such fighters were assembled and three more were in the process of manufacturing. By 2020, the Russian Air Force is to receive 55 T-50 fighters, according to Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation.

Have the design kinks worked out ?

 

[Penguin]

Cash-strapped Russia is drastically cutting its planned fleet of 5th-generation fighter jets - Yahoo Finance

The Russian military has announced that they will build significantly fewer fifth-generation fighters than previously planned due to the country's current economic situation, Russia Beyond The Headlines reports citing comments from the Deputy Defense Minister in charge of Armaments Yuri Borisov.
Russia previously had plans to produce 52 fifth-generation T-50 fighters by 2020. However, these plans have been drastically scaled back. The Kremlin will now only procure 12 of the new jets.
"Given the new economic conditions, the original plans may have to be adjusted,” Borisov said. “It is better to have the PAK FA kept as a reserve, and later move forward, while squeezing everything possible for now out of the 4+ generation fighters."

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[vostok]

Cash-strapped Russia is drastically cutting its planned fleet of 5th-generation fighter jets - Yahoo Finance

I do not know whether there are tabloids in Holland, but this article was published in the Russian tabloid "Kommersant".

 

[Penguin]

I do not know whether there are tabloids in Holland, but this article was published in the Russian tabloid "Kommersant".

Russian T-50 Program Sees Funding Cuts | Aero-News Network

Are there more recent publications indicating something other than funding problems? I.e. evidence in support of really really 55 by 2020?

 

[vostok]

Russian T-50 Program Sees Funding Cuts | Aero-News Network

Are there more recent publications indicating something other than funding problems? I.e. evidence in support of really really 55 by 2020?

Information that 12 will be bought instead of 55 first appeared in the tabloid "Kommersant" - it is absolutely unreliable source. Official sources claim that the development of programm goes according to plan.
This is not the first such an article. Most likely - not the last one.

 

[Penguin]

Information that 12 will be bought instead of 55 first appeared in the tabloid "Kommersant" - it is absolutely unreliable source. Official sources claim that the development of programm goes according to plan.
This is not the first such an article. Most likely - not the last one.

Even 55 - given 5 prototypes - means 50 over 5 years i.e. at most 10 per year. This year it is only 4, which - if continued - would lead to 20 additional planes by 2020, a total of 29.