Russian stealth aircraft

Prototype stealth fighter of the Russian army will be released to the public for the first time at the MAKS-2011 air show, opening today, 16-8, in the suburbs of Moscow.

Stealth fighter T-50 flight test at the outskirts of Moscow. Photo: RIA

Generation stealth aircraft Sukhoi T-50 is considered to be a pillar in the near future of the Russian Air Force, as line fighter Mikoyan MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 became obsolete.

T-50 is the first fighter of the Russian army completely new design since the late 1980s. After officially put into operation, it will be the first stealth aircraft of the Russian Air Force is equipped with outstanding features.

Like the famous F-22 aircraft of the United States, T-50 is capable of flying at supersonic speeds, the engine thrust vector, as well as high-tech flight control system.

Despite the relative shape like F-22, but military experts around the world confirm that T-50 is completely new aircraft, level design, excellent manufacturing of aviation engineer Russian space.

The first T-50 prototype took off for the first time at the airport Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Siberia in January. Currently, Russia has had two samples of the aircraft and are doing the test flight near Moscow.

Expected to start in 2015, the Russian Air Force will buy 200 T-50 and some exports to the countries potential customers. Currently, India is also contributing capital to Russia to participate in the research, manufacture stealth fighter based on the T-50.

At the international air show MAKS 2011 held in Zhukovskiy, a suburb of Moscow, next to the famous aircraft was known to the world, for the first time, the Russian defense industry will formally introduce T -50 with the public at home and abroad.