Sukhoi Su-57 Meta Thread

A new antiship missile supposedly in development.

www.ruaviation.com...

a reply to: anzha
Didnt say it was hypersonic though..

tass.ru...

Supposedly a contract for 76 Su-57s was signed delivery is supposed to be through 2028.

a reply to: anzha
So thats 152 izdeliye 30,s plus spares?

a reply to: Blackfinger

It would be. If they have the engine worked out. Not heard as much about the engine lately. Last I DID hear was they were having problems.

Love to hear what the problems are.They are big powerful engines so they would be putting a lot of stress on materials and components.

a reply to: anzha

Going from hand-built engines to mass production is a #. I doubt they have the hours off the bench to proceed beyond LRIP anyway. They'll need to wrack up hours in the air, and then have to do it again with engines off the production line. Still a couple years away assuming all goes well, I xould assume. But then again, Russia... sooo who knows.

a reply to: RadioRobert

The Russians claim they have started serial production:

tass.com...

a reply to: anzha

No real news there. And they never give a timeline other than for the first expected deliveries. Be interesting to see how they move forward.

Im just wondering if they have fully ironed out all the engine bugs..

We knew this was coming, but...

www.rt.com...

Putin's shopping the Su-57 to Erdogan.

a reply to: anzha

They unveiled the Su-57E export version as well.

a reply to: Zaphod58
I can see Indonesia putting their hand up for a few...

a reply to: Blackfinger

www.ruaviation.com...

Su-57 in Turkey now.

Wow.That plus S400 = next superpower?

a reply to: Blackfinger

Is Israel a superpower?

a reply to: anzha
They like to think they are...

a reply to: anzha

No but they own one, And their not afraid to use it

Call me a child of the cold war, where every nation sought to jealously guard its top line aviation assets from the prying eyes of adversary states, but I still find it amazing that even though Turkey is a NATO member, Russia is more than keen to make Turkey a partner in the Su-57 program and surrender many (though probably not all...) of its most advanced secrets. But I guess the geopolitical advantage of driving a wedge between Turkey and the West (OK, make that an even bigger one than exists now...) and getting a few billion in the coffers in the bargain may be a price the Russians are happy to pay...

originally posted by: Borys
Call me a child of the cold war, where every nation sought to jealously guard its top line aviation assets from the prying eyes of adversary states, but I still find it amazing that even though Turkey is a NATO member, Russia is more than keen to make Turkey a partner in the Su-57 program and surrender many (though probably not all...) of its most advanced secrets. But I guess the geopolitical advantage of driving a wedge between Turkey and the West (OK, make that an even bigger one than exists now...) and getting a few billion in the coffers in the bargain may be a price the Russians are happy to pay...

Turkey is a NATO member but it is not politically freindly to the west in its current incarnation. The Turkey that is being much different to the one that was. There's just as much concern of modern turkey getting it's hands on western tech. They are intent on playing all sides for maximum advantage.