Serial production of the upgraded fighter fifth generation SU-57 can start 2025. The updated car will receive a new cabin. The progress of the program reports TASS with reference to the sources in the industry.
The interlocutor of the agency called not only the timing of the creation of an upgraded SU-57, but also the features of the novelty. So, an aircraft developed within the framework of the “Megapolis” OCD will receive an updated cab with a new avionics and indication devices. Upgraded Su-57 will remain single, said the source of TASS.
The second feature of the aircraft will be the power setting of the second stage. It is about the engine developed by the title “Product 30”. It is believed that the development of NGOs “Saturn” has an overwhelmed burden of 18 thousand kilograms. This will allow the plane to develop cruising supersonic speed, which is one of the requirements for the fifth generation aircraft.
This engine will also receive a promising light aircraft Checkmate, demonstrated on Max-2021.
The Su-57 modernization project was designed before the adoption of the aircraft to armared. The contract for the production of the Su-57 second stage has signed in 2018. Under the terms of the agreement, the first prototype should rise to the sky in 2022, and the completion of the experimental design work is scheduled for 2024.
The manufacturer will be able to start the release of the fighter in a short time due to the fact that the modernization has been developed before the adoption of the basic version. In addition to the engine and cabin, the plane will receive new drives of control surfaces. Hydraulic systems will refuse the place of electric drives, which will reduce the visibility of the aircraft for radar, will increase maneuverability and reliability.