SU-57

Russia announced it had tested the upgraded Su-57 5th generation stealth fighter last week and had no problems.

“On October 21, the upgraded Su-57 fighter jet flew for the first time at the Gromov Aviation Test Institute flight school.

The aircraft was flown by test pilot Sergey Bogdan of the Sukhoi Design Bureau.” The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), part of the Russian state corporation Rostec, said in a statement today.

The flight lasted 56 minutes and was without incident. According to the UAC, the Su-57 stealth fighter also tested equipment with extended features on the aircraft, artificial intelligence (AI) systems to support pilots, and the ability to use a variety of new weapons.

UAC said the artificial intelligence system could perform some actions on behalf of the pilot, such as controlling the aircraft and getting ready to fire the weapon. “The upgraded Su-57 is also capable of installing two-stage engines,” the announcement from UAC added.

The Su-57 is a Russian 5th generation multirole fighter designed to destroy all types of air, land, and sea targets. The Su-57 is covered with radar-absorbing materials and has an optimized design for stealth against electronic reconnaissance equipment.

This fighter model is said to be able to compete with the US F-22, F-35, and Chinese J-20, but Russia has so far not put it into mass production for the army.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, in an interview on August 21 on Rossiya-1 channel, said that the Su-57 stealth fighter had demonstrated “high self-defense capabilities against many enemy air missile defense systems.” “while fighting in Ukraine.

“The most important thing is that the Su-57 has very powerful weapons,” added Shoigu. “We tested those weapons, and they all work great. There are no other words to describe it.” However, he did not specify what weapons the Su-57 used when fighting in Ukraine and how effective they were.