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Second Prototype of PAK FA Made Its First Flight

PAK FA will show the public at the MAKS-2011

Russian promising fifth-generation fighter T-50 (PAK FA) will be first shown to the public at an international air show MAKS 2011. On this, as reported by ITAR-TASS , said CEO of Sukhoi , Mikhail Pogosyan . At the same time, according to the first deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Alexander Fomin, guarantees that the aircraft will participate in the MAKS, no, because it may be difficult "institutional arrangements".
Earlier, First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Vladimir Popovkin in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta said that the serial purchase of T-50 Russian Air Force will begin in 2016. According to him, the fighter will be purchased along with the full range of weapons and ground technological equipment. Currently being developed by a state program of armaments for 2011-2020 involves buying the ten prototypes PAK-FA in 2013 and 60 aircraft from 2016.

Meanwhile, according to Pogosyan, the contract for the fifth generation fighter for the Indian Air Force, which will deal with the Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics and Sukhoi to be signed before the end of 2010. "The harmonization of these documents - the issue next time. I do not want to give guarantees for the Government of India and the Russian Federation. For our part we are doing our best," - reports "Interfax" the head of the word "Dry".

PAK FA made its first flight on Jan. 29, 2010. Specifications fighter yet been classified. According to official data, the plane will be highly intellectualization of the board and be able to take off and landing on runways length of 300-400 meters. In addition, T-50 is capable of performing combat missions in any weather and time of day, and will also maneuverability. Currently, the PAK FA is involved in flight and bench trials on behalf of the Gromov Flight Research Institute airfield in Zhukovsky.

It is assumed that the PAK FA will be able to reach speeds of up to 2,6 thousand kilometers per hour and to make flights at a distance of 5.5 thousand kilometers. The fighter will be armed with 30-millimeter cannon and get ten points in the internal bomb bay suspension.
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