Saturday, April 24, 2010
India plans to have 5th-generation fighter in 2018
The Chief of the Indian Air Force told Reuters that his service intends to have a fifth-generation fighter by 2018.
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Friday, April 09, 2010
PAK-FA transferred to Zhukovski
Word on the street is PAK-FA has been transferred to the Zhukovski test center near Moscow.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
USAF leaders unfazed by PAK-FA
Senior USAF officials said they are not worried nor impressed by Russia's PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
India and Russia to sign agreement for PAK-FA
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will be signing the first of a series of agreements for the development of the PAK-FA for India.
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Putin: After PAK-FA, a new bomber
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the country needs to start work on a new nuclear-capable strategic bomber after development of the PAK-FA is completed.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Aviation Week says PAK-FA still needs more work to become truly stealthy
Aviation Week reports that the Sukhoi PAK-FA still needs more work in order to be a true rival to the F-22.
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
India's Deputy Prime Minister to discuss PAK-FA with Russians this month
India's Deputy Prime Minister S.S. Sobyani will visit Moscow this month and one of the issues he will discussed with the other party is cooperating on the PAK-FA.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
PAK-FA first flight was 47 minutes
Sukhoi's PAK-FA fighter made its first flight today at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur factory with test pilot Sergei Bogdan at the controls. The aircraft was airborne for 47 minutes.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
PAK-FA aims to take off on Jan. 29
Sukhoi's PAK-FA fighter is expected to make its first flight tomorrow. The original plan was to fly today but it has been postponed to Friday.
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Vote: Will PAK-FA fly by end of this month?
Reuters is reporting that a Russian aviation industry source told the news agency on Wednesday that the PAK-FA will fly by end of this month. What do you think?
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Part 2: How India and Russia joined hands to develop the PAK-FA
In the last part of this two-part story, Business Standard reveals how Delhi negotiated hard to let HAL have 25 percent work on the PAK-FA.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Part 1: How India and Russia joined hands to develop the PAK-FA
The Business Standard looks at how India and Russia came together to develop a fifth-generation stealth fighter. This is part one of a two part story.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Russia's 5th-generation fighter has started taxi trials
Aviation Week reports that Sukhoi's fifth-generation fighter has started taxi trials and first flight could come next month.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Russia's 5th-generation fighter will not fly this year
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov admitted on Tuesday that the country's fifth-generation fighter will only fly next year.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
India and Russian to formely launch project for 5th-generation fighter by year end
India's Defense Minister A.K. Antony and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on Thursday agreed to launch a joint program to develop a fifth-generation fighter by end of this year.
A protocol signed at the end of 9th session of India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on military-technical cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) said both countries will also develop a multi-role transport aircraft and heavy lift cargo helicopter.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
PAK-FA's AESA radar will be fixed
NIIP's AESA radar for Russia's fifth-generation fighter will have a fixed antenna rather than a moving one.
The 1,500-element array is a slight ellipse and was shown recently at MAKS 09.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Russian fifth-generation fighter on lapel pins? Or cheap Chinese fakes?
Visitors to the MAKS 2009 air show were given lapel pins which could bear the image of Russia's fifth-generation fighter.
A Sukhoi official had dismissed them as "cheap Chinese fakes" but another source in the Russian aviation industry says the image has a strong resemblance to the secretive fighter.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Engine problems for Russian fifth-generation fighter
The engines that will power Sukhoi's fifth-generation fighter has ran into problems and initial flights will be flown using existing engines.
Russian Air Force chief Col.l Gen. Alexander Zelin acknowledged the delays during the MAKS air show.
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Pogosyan told Reuters: "5th-generation fighter to fly this year"
Sukhoi General Director Mikhail Pogosyan told Reuters his company's fifth-generation fighter jet will make its maiden flight by year-end.
"We will spare no effort for this to happen this year, and I believe we have every reason to say this work is proceeding according to plan."
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Russian Air Force to buy Su-35S and MiG-35C as part of modernization process
The chief of Russia's air force said on Wednesday that his service will buy the Su-35S Flanker-E and MiG-35C Fulcrum-F fighters from early next decade to modernized its fleet.
Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin also reiterated that its fifth-generation fighter being build together with India will undergo flight tests in the second half of the year.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Russia's fifth-generation fighter to fly at year end
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin saw the fifth-generation fighter in assembly during a visit to the Komsomolsk factory on Monday.
Ivanov added that the jet will make its maiden flight by end of this year.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Brazil could license produce Russia's 5th generation fighter
Alexander Fomin, deputy director of the Federal Service on Military-Technical Cooperation, told RIA Novosti that Moscow could allow Brazil to produce its fifth-generation fighters under a license in the future.
"We are discussing with the well-known Brazilian company Embraer the transfer of technology and the construction of facilities for the future licensed production of the aircraft, including the fifth-generation fighter," Fomin said.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Russian fifth-generation fighter to fly before end of year
Russian deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told a news conference that the fifth-generation fighter from Sukhoi will fly by end of the year.
Construction of the first prototype destined for ground tests has nearly been completed, a second prototype that will make the maiden flight is yet to be build.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
HAL and UAC sign deal on 5th generation fighter
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited chairman Ashok K Baweja said he had signed a contract with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation to jointly develop and produce a fifth
generation fighter.
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
Russia, India to sign next-generation fighter deal in early 2009
The contract to jointly develop and build a fifth-generation fighter for Russia and India will be signed early next year.
"We are planning to conclude the contract at the beginning of next year," Alexei Fedorov said.
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Threat from Russia's fifth-generation fighter lead to F-35 decision for Norway
Norwegian newspaper VG reports that several classified tests by the Norwegian Defence Institute (FFI) concluded that only the F-35 is capable of matching Russia's fifth-generation fighter.
The Saab Gripen NG was hopelessly beaten in all the tests done by the FFI.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
5th-generation fighter for India and Russia to be different
India and Russia's joint work on developing a fifth-generation fighter will result in two different looking aircraft.
India will have a two-seater version while the Russian one will be single seat.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
India, Russia officials meet to discuss 5th-gen fighter
Russian and Indian officials met to discuss on the final configuration and design of their joint fifth-generation fighter.
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Friday, August 08, 2008
India hopes to test 5th-gen fighter by 2015
India hopes that the first developmental flight of the fifth-generation fighter it is developing with Russia will take place by 2015-2016.
"The FGFA should fly for the first time by 2015 or so. If it manages to do so earlier, then it will be a big achievement. Negotiations with Russia are making good progress, with the details being worked out," IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major told TOI on Thursday.
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Russian Air Force may receive fifth-generation fighter in 2013
Sukhoi's fifth-generation fighter might enter service with the Russian Air Force in 2013.
Russian Air Force Chief Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said flight tests will begin next year.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Sukhoi Positions Self on Fighter Market
Sukhoi wants 12 percent of its total aircraft production to consist of its own fighter jets.
It aims to meet the target by increasing production of its Su-27 and Su-30 fighters for export from now till 2015.
The fifth-generation fighter being developed now will take over the production quota from 2015.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
India’s role in Sukhoi project questioned
Questions have been raised over India's participation in the project with Russia to build a fifth-generation fighter.
Some analysts are questioning India's technical contributions as the design has been freeze and first flight is expected next year.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Russian, Indian Officials Discuss 5th Generation Fighter Project
Itar-Tass said Tuesday that Sukhoi director general Mikhail Pogosyan and senior officers from the Indian Air Force discussed the joint project to develop and produce fifth generation fighter.
Specialists of the Sukhoi design bureau and the Komsomolsk-on-Amur production association also visit Indian design institutes and aircraft companies.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Brazil, Russia to build jet fighter
Brazil and Russia signed an agreement on Tuesday to jointly develop fifth-generation jet fighters.
Brazil's Strategic Affairs Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger told reporters the agreement will lead to the development of fifth-generation jet fighters that are built using sophisticated engineering, such as composite materials, stealth technology and advanced radar.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Russia to start flight tests of fifth-generation fighter in 2009
The Russian industry and energy minister said on Thursday that Sukhoi's fifth-generation fighter will begin flight tests in 2009.
The aircraft will be built at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft-manufacturing plant in Russia's Far East.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
IAF-HAL team to visit Russia
The Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft that will be jointly design and develop with India will use a Russian engine for the Russian version while India might choose a western engine.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Sukhoi begins building fifth-gen fighters
Sukhoi on Wednesday said test production of the fifth-generation fighter has begun.
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Friday, December 07, 2007
Russia to test fifth-generation fighter in 2009
Sukhoi CEO Mikhail Pogosyan announced at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) 2007 exhibition in Malaysia that the Russian-Indian fifth-generation fighter will begin flight tests as early as 2009.
Mass production of the aircraft will start by 2015.
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Indo-Russian 5th Gen fighters may start trials by 2015
The Indo-Russian fifth generation fighter will most likely make its first flight before 2015.
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Russia, India to discuss fifth-generation fighter on Nov. 15
Sukhoi's CEO Mikhail Pogosyan will meet Deputy Indian Defense Minister Kanwar Singh today for talks on the fifth-generation fighter both countries are developing.
Both are expected to discuss issues on timeframes and financing.
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Indian AF Faults Fighter Pact With Russia
Indian Air Force officials are not happy with the agreement signed by their government with Russia for joint production of a fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
Senior officials prefer to be involved in the design of the aircraft but were told by the Russians that the design is frozen.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
India and Russia sign deal to develop fifth-generation fighter
Jane's non-subscriber extract of its coverage on the recent deal between India and Russia to develop a fifth-generation fighter.
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Saturday, October 20, 2007
India, Russia ink 5th Gen aircraft deal
In a signing ceremony withnessed by Indian Defense Minister AK Antony and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov, both countries inked a deal to develop a fifth-generation fighter jet.
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Nod for next generation fighter project
India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has given the green light for the government to accelerated a plan to jointly develop the next generation fighter aircraft with Russia.
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Friday, October 12, 2007
5th generation fighters: India, Russia to ink pact
India's Defence Minister A.K.Antony will ink a deal with Russia to jointly develop an advanced fifth generation fighter aircraft during his visit to Russia next week.
It will be an inter-government agreement but other details such as price will be negotiated later.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Drawings of G5 Fighter Handed Over to Manufacturer
Design of Russia's fifth-generation fighter has been completed and construction of the first prototype will begin shortly.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Sukhoi's PAKFA design remains uncertain
Janes reports that the final configuration of Sukhoi's fifth-generation fighter has not been finalized yet.
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Saturn and Salyut Fight for State Order
It has been revealed that work on Russia's fifth-generation fighter jet is being held back by delays in the engines.
The first aircraft will be powered by an engine from Saturn but the Defense Ministry will hold a tender this summer for the development of the engine for the final aircraft.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Designers pledge fifth-generation plane will fly in late 2008 - Ivanov
The Russian fifth-generation fighter jet will fly by the end of 2008, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has said.
"The design and testing stage is nearing completion. Mikhail Aslanovich has confirmed the pledge that the first plane will fly at the end of 2008 and we'll then move to flight testing," Ivanov said.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
A Picture's Worth ...
Bill Sweetman gives his views on the recently "leaked" Russian fifth-generation fighter photo.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Picture: Russian Sukhoi T-50 fighter images emerge
A picture of Russia's fifth-generation fighter based on the Sukhoi T-50 has emerged from NPO Saturn's website.
NPO Saturn has been selected to supply engines for the Sukhoi T-50.
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Fifth generation fighter tests in Russia to commence in 2009
Russia expects to begin test flights of its fifth generation fighter in 2009.
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Friday, January 26, 2007
Buzz over futuristic war machine
Several retired Indian Air Force officers gave their views on India's fifth-generation fighter being jointly develop with Russia.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Russia, India plan to build fifth-generation fighter together
Russian Defense Ministry international military cooperation department chief Col. Gen. Anatoly Mazurkevich told reporters that Russia and India plans to sign an agreement on cooperation in building a fifth-generation fighter and a medium-size military transportation aircraft within the next few months.
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
India, Russia may join hands for stealth fighter
India is likely to joint hands with Russia to develop a fifth-generation stealth fighter jet.
MiG and Sukhoi submitted their plans for joint development of the fifth-generation fighter with HAL in late November.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Two fighters of 5th generation being created in RF
Russia is developing one medium and one light weight fifth-generation fighter. Both aircraft are being design by MiG.
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Russia’s new fighter will use interim engine
Russia's fifth-generation fighter prototype will use an upgrade to an existing engine as an interim solution till a new engine is developed.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
China may collaborate with Russia in developing fighters
Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sergey B. Ivanov told reporters in Beijing that he does not rule out China purchasing the Su-34 bomber.
He added that China can join Russia in the development of a 5th generation fighter.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Russia’s air force chief hits out at Sukhoi over spending priorities
Russian air force commander Gen Vladimir Mikhailov is unhappy that Sukhoi is spending too much time on the Russian Regional Jet instead of its T-50 next-generation fighter project.
He said the airframe’s configuration has been finalized and a prototype is expected to fly next year.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Fifth generation Russian fighter plane to be ready in 2007
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force Vladimir Mikhailov said that Russia's fifth-generation fighter plane will be ready in 2007.
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Friday, November 25, 2005
Russia, India have no plans to sign deal on 5G fighter
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov clarified that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not sign any deal on the development of a fifth-generation fighter during Singh's visit to Russia in December.
The two countries were planning to sign a bilateral agreement on the development of a military transport plane instead.
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Friday, November 18, 2005
Mukherjee invites RAC MiG to present concept of fifth-gen plane
More information on India's joint development of a fifth-generation fighter with Russia.
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has invited MiG to present its concept of fifth generation fighter to the Indian Air Force.
The Russian Air Force had choosen Sukhoi as the designer of the fifth generation fighter aircraft and the design has already been presented to India.
However, India seems to be in favour of a lighter aircraft.
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Deal on with Russia to help India develop nuclear submarine: Pranab
Russia will help India develop its Air Defence Ship and India would also take part in the development and financing of a fifth generation fighter with Russia.
Russia also agreed to provide India access to the Russian Glonass global navigational satellite system for military application.
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Thursday, August 18, 2005
No Sukhoi Fighters to Be Delivered This Year
Sukhoi will not be delivering any fighters abroad and just 11 Su-27SM fighters will be sold to Russia's Air Force.
Russia will also delay the launch of its fifth-generation fighter program because of financing problems.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Fifth-generation fighter enters new stage
Alexander Klementyev, Sukhoi's deputy director general, said development of a fifth-generation fighter has entered an advanced stage.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Sukhoi asks Europe for fighter help
Sukhoi general director Mikhail Pogosyan has invited European companies to participate in developing Russia's fifth-generation fighter.
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Kalam discusses Sukhoi collaboration in RussiaIndia's President APJ Abdul Kalam discussed with Russian officials on the possibility of collaboration in the production of fifth generation Sukhoi fighter aircraft.
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Friday, June 11, 2004
Russian MIG to resume multi-role tactical fighter program
The Russian MIG aircraft building corporation decided to resume the fifth generation multi-role tactical fighter program (codenamed Project 1.44).
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