India deploys two Sukhoi Su-30 squadrons to Chinese and Pak borders

India is emerging as another superpower and  is apparently forward deploying two squadrons of Sukhois to stop Chinese and Pakistani incursions into its airspace.



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Russian military aviation potential shown off at Farnborough

15 July, 2008, 06:55


More than 60 Russian companies are participating in the world class Farnborough International Airshow in the UK this year with Russia looking to show off its military export potential, but plane makers aren't flying their products.

Russia’s military holding Rosoboronexport’s paid for an exclusive stall next to the runway, away from other exhibitors at Farnborough this week.

It reflects the company’s soaring confidence, boasting no other country’s doubled military exports this century, as Russia has to US$6.1 billion dollars.

The country’s top 3 – Sukhoi, Irkut and MiG – are all holding optomistic conferences at Farnborough.

However the Kremlin’s incorporation of the firms into a United Aircraft Corporation has raised fears of less responsive and dynamic operators, fears shared by Aleksey Fedorov, President of the UAC: 

"Yes, it’s correct, but we’re also investing a lot of money and resources to upgrade our industry, and I think we’ll be successful."

Not a single Russian plane’s expected to fly here this week, the makers claim they’re too busy testing and upgrading.

It’s a stark contrast to the world’s top exporter, the US Air Force, which is showing, but not selling.

It’s brought over the F22, said by some to be the only plane better than Sukhoi’s new Su-35. But America claims the world’s only 5th generation fighter is too dangerous to export. Georganne Schultz, Spokeswoman, U.S. Air Force says:

It's such a new aircraft that we're still learning all its capabilities and how they're going to work as a composite force.  So, we're really getting a handle on the program.

The American aircraft is, in fact, having problems with the composite skin that is glued together. It costs $44,000 per flying hour to maintain the aircraft. It takes a 24 hour period for the glue to cure when repairs are made. 


Russia’s more than happy to fill the gap, Rosoboronexport’s $20 bln order book is filled to 2015. The US Department of Defense also wants to scale back the contract for the F22 Raptor.

This is the first F22 to perform at a trade show across the Atlantic, but it’s strictly for show not for export. In fact maker Lockheed Martin was outsold on export last year 51:40 by Russia’s Sukhoi. The government hopes that the consolidation through the United Aircraft Corporation will help, not hinder, those results.

Russian fighter aircraft are very competitive in cost per unit as well.

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New Sukhoi stealth T-50 fighter-bomber

Now Russia will have its own stealth jet fighter-bomber. Sukhoi promises to have it ready this year and start producing it in 2010.

They tell that the design of the plane is still kept secret and those sketches are the only clue that people have, but as it is known it would be a decent F-22 competitor.

PAK FA literally means Prospective (promising) Aircraft System of Frontline Aviation.

It is being developed by Sukhoi OKB, which refers internally to the project as the T-50. The PAK FA is intended to replace the MiG-29 Fulcrum and Su-27 Flanker in the Russian Air Force. It is scheduled to have its first flight in 2009 and enter service with the Russian Air Force. The PAK FA was designed to compete with the USA's F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the world's first fifth-generation fighter jets.

Russia is also developing a customized, twin-seater variant of the Sukhoi PAK FA, named Sukhoi/HAL FGFA, with India.

In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union outlined a need for a next-generation aircraft to replace its MiG-29 and Su-27 in frontline service. Two projects were proposed to meet this need, the Sukhoi Su-47 and the Mikoyan Project 1.44. In 2002, Sukhoi was chosen to lead the design for the new combat aircraft. The PAK FA will incorporate technology from both the Su-47 and the MiG 1.44.

The Novosibirsk Chkalov Aviation Production Association (NAPO) has begun construction of the fifth-generation multirole fighter. This work is being performed at Komsomol'sk-on-Amur together with Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association.


The enterprise's general director, Fedor Zhdanov reported during a visit to NAPO by Novosibirsk Oblast's governor Viktor Tolokonskiy on 6 March 2007. "Final assembly will take place at Komsomol'sk-on-Amur, and we will be carrying out assembly of the fore body of this airplane," Zhdanov specified. The fifth-generation fighter, which will replace the MiG-29 and Su-27 airplanes of the previous generation, was developed by the Sukhoi design bureau.

NAPO Chkalov is one of the country's largest airplane-building enterprises and is included in the Sukhoi Holding Company, ITAR-TASS notes on 8 August 2007, Russian Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin was quoted by Russian news agencies that the development stage of the PAK FA program is now complete and construction of the first aircraft for flight testing will now begin.

Maiden flight

It was announced on 5 May 2007 by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov that the first flight of the new aircraft was expected in late 2008, almost a year later than originally expected. Sukhoi CEO Mikhail Pogosyan stated at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) 2007 exhibition in Malaysia on December 6 that the prototype will not fly until 2009. On 28 of February 2009 Mikhail Pogosyan announced that the airframe for the aircraft was almost finished and that the first prototype should be ready by August 2009.

Derivative project with India, The Sukhoi/HAL FGFA

Russia and India agreed in early 2007 to jointly study and develop a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft Program, FGFA.[12][13] On October 27, 2007, Asia Times quoted Sukhoi's director, Mikhail Pogosyan, "We [India and Russia] will share the funding, engineering and intellectual property [of the new project] in a 50-50 proportion."[14] The Indian version, according to the deal, will be different from the Russian version and specific to Indian requirements[15].

While the Russian version will be a single-pilot fighter, the Indian variant will have a twin-seat configuration based on its operational doctrine which calls for greater radius of combat operations. The wings and control surfaces need to be reworked for the FGFA. Although, development work has yet to begin, the Russian side has expressed optimism that a test article will be ready for its maiden flight by 2012 induction into service by 2015.

Brazil in the project?

Brazil is officially out of project PAK-FA. The recent trip of Russian president Dmitri Medvedev to Brazil on November 25, 2008 did not result in the signature of any agreement related to the project. The Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Juniti Saito, justified: "I do not want to blacken the image of Sukhoi, but the project did not fit into our necessities".

Russian sources allege the opposite, that the sales of the Su-35 fighters for Project FX-2 would not only result in technology transfer, as well as it would include Brazil in the development of project PAK-FA.


Design

Although there is no reliable information about the PAK FA's specifications yet, it is known from interviews with people in the Russian Air Force that it will be stealthy, have the ability to supercruise, be outfitted with the next generation of air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles, and incorporate an AESA radar.

The PAK FA will use on her first flights 2 Saturn 117S engines (about 14.5 ton thrust each). The 117S is an advanced version of the AL-31F, but built with the experience gained in the AL-41F program. The AL-41F powered the Mikoyan MFI fighter (Project/Article 1.44). Later versions of the PAK FA will use a completely new engine (17.5 ton thrust each), developed by NPO Saturn or FGUP MMPP Salyut.

Source: http://englishrussia.com/?p=3268#more-3268

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

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Medvedev makes sales pitch for Russian SU-34 warplane

Editors note: This is an interesting aircraft. The cockpit is pressurized like a transport aircraft that allows to operate up to 10,000 metres (32,800 ft) without oxygen masks. The crew members have room to stand and move about the cabin during long missions. The space between the seats allows that they can take naps on long missions, if necessary. A small toilet and a galley are located behind the crew seats.

MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia would like to expand sales of such warplanes as the Su-34 throughout the world, President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Chinese TV.

The Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback, an advanced two-seat fighter-bomber and attack aircraft, was flown by Medvedev in March.

The president told China Central TV his flight was supposed to "deliver several messages."

He said he wanted to "learn first hand about the potential of Russian equipment," and was able to see for himself that "this equipment is really great."

He added that as commander in chief, he wanted to share the experience with "people serving in the Armed Forces," including the "strain and other challenges."

Medvedev said Russia was "interested in expanding the geographic base" for the export of these aircraft "to include our neighbors, as well as other countries."

The Su-34 is armed with a 30mm GSh-301 gun and 180 rounds of ammunition and can fire up to 1,500 rounds a minute.

The aircraft can carry an array of missiles, including air-to-air, air-to-surface, anti-ship and heat-seeking missiles, and guided and unguided bombs.

Full-scale production began in January 2008, and 24 Su-34 aircraft are expected to be in service by 2010. In January 2008, the Russian Air Force said it would procure 70 aircraft by 2015.

Experts say the new bomber has the potential to become the top plane in its class for years to come. It has a combat role similar to the US F-15 or F-111.

The Sukhoi Su-34 (export designation Su-32, NATO reporting name Fullback) is an advanced Russian 2-seat fighter-bomber and strike aircraft. It is intended to eventually replace the Sukhoi Su-24.

It is a dedicated fighter bomber version of the Su-27 'Flanker' which was developed in the 1980s. It made its first flight on 13 April 1990 and was originally designated Su-27IB.

Budget restrictions stalled the program repeatedly, and led to the prototype aircraft being displayed publicly under a variety of roles and designations. When first described in the official Russian press in 1994 it was described as the Su-34.

At the 1999 Paris Air show the aircraft was nicknamed the Platypus due to the unusual shape of the nose. The Russian Air Force has apparently recently adopted the designation Su-34.

The aircraft shares most of its wing structure, tail, and engine nacelles with the Su-27/Su-30, with canards like the Su-30MKI/Su-33/Su-27M/35 to increase static instability (higher maneuverability) and to reduce trim drag.

The aircraft has an entirely new nose and forward fuselage with a cockpit providing side-by-side seating for a crew of two. The Su-34 retains the Su-27's engines, but with fixed intakes, limiting its maximum speed to Mach 1.8+.

To date only a handful of pre-production models have been built. In mid-2004 Sukhoi announced that low-rate production was commencing and that initial aircraft would reach squadron service around 2008. Upgrade programs continue for surviving Russian Su-24 "Fencers", as the Su-34 may still not enter wide service for some years to come.

In March 2006, Russia's minister of defense Sergei Ivanov announced that the government had purchased only two Su-34s for delivery in 2006, and planned to have a complete air regiment of 44 Su-34s operational by the end of 2010.

New SU-34 aircraft will be purchased by 2015 to replace some 300 Su-24s, which are going through modernization upgrades currently to prolong their service life. Ivanov claimed that because the aircraft is ". . . more effective on all critical parameters" the Russian Air Force will need far fewer of these newer bombers than the old Su-24 it replaces.

In December 2006, Ivanov revealed that approximately 200 Su-34s are expected be in service by 2020.

Two Su-34s were delivered on 4 January 2007, and six more will be delivered by the end of that year. Russia plans to have 24 Su-34s operational by late 2010 with a total of 70 to be purchased by 2015.

The Su-34 has a three surface planform, with a conventional horizontal tail at the rear and a pair of canard foreplanes in front of the wings for extra lift and more maneuvering power. The Su-34 has an active-safety system with artificial-intelligence elements.

This system enables the plane to execute just about any combat maneuver and to fly at near ground level at a maximum speed of 1,400 km/h. The Su-34 can also fly in TERCOM (Terrain Contour Matching) mode, bypassing unexpected obstacles and streaking through ground air-defense zones.

The Su-34 has 12 pylons for up to 8,000 kilograms (17,635 lb) of ordnance, intended to include the latest Russian precision-guided weapons. It retains the Su-27/Su-30's 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon. The Su-34 ordnance load includes subsonic and supersonic homing missiles and glider bombs, can destroy hardened and well-camouflaged targets at a range of up to 250 km.

The airplane has enlarged capacity internal fuel tanks for practical unrefueled flight of 4,000 kilometres (2160 nm). With three refuelings, the Su-34 is capable of covering a distance of more than 14,000 kilometres (7560 nm).

The onboard electronics engineering ensures the flight crew with a full information about parameters of flight and enclosing space, condition of onboard systems and power plant, purposes in an air on ground, on surface of water and under water, about means of radar-tracking detection. In addition, the Su-34 features a rearward facing radar capable of detecting, tracking, and directing R-73 or R-77 AAMs at pursuing enemy aircraft.

An operational mission for the Su-34 begins with a mission planning period that loads into the aircraft's two main computers the coordinates and elevations of every navigation and mission-dependent point from takeoff to landing. At each coordinate-point or time-hack, automatic switching of modes can be accomplished so that the pilots can be hands-off or involved with other parts of the mission.

Data link with command aircraft, ground stations, and command ships will be maintained and where line-of-sight limits are reached these communications resort to satellites for expanded coverage. Mission updates can be passed by higher authority anytime during the flight.

All types or tactical and strategic ordnance can be utilized with emphasis being placed on long range standoff weapons such as the Kh-59 Ovod/Kh-59ME cruise missiles, Kh-29 & Kh-31 anti-radiation weapons, Kh-35 Uran anti-ship weapon, and the Kh-41 Moskit long range anti-ship missile.

Unlike the earlier Su-27, the Su-34 has a modern glass cockpit, with colour CRT multi-function displays. Its avionics currently are based around a Leninets V004 passive electronically scanned array radar, and a UOMZ laser/television system for designating and guiding precision-guided munitions.

The front-mounted radar is supplemented by a rear-aspect V005 radar housed in the long tail "stinger". The Su-34 is equipped with comprehensive ECM equipment, including an infrared missile launch detection system.

The avionics suite has an extended architecture of computers, memory boards, color multi-function displays, and processors designed as self-contained information processing modules.

They consist of large "Argon" digital computer units with specially programmed processors that use multiplex data-exchange channels. All information modules are controlled by a dual central computing system that fully coordinates workload and provides all relevant information to the flight deck.

Two-way data link enables the mission planning and weapon aim-point computations to be loaded or updated while in flight or aircraft to aircraft. As a strike aircraft, the Su-34 incorporates an advanced multi-function phased array radar capable of terrain following and avoidance for high speed, low level operations.

The Su-34's most distinctive feature is the unusually large flight deck. Much of the design work went into crew comfort. The two crew members sit side by side in a large cabin, with the pilot-commander to the left and navigator/operator of weapons to the right in jettisonable NPP Zvezda K-36dm seats. The advantage of the side by side cockpit is that duplicate instruments are not required for each pilot, which improves efficiency and comfort.

As long missions require comfort, it has pressurization that it allows to operate up to 10,000 metres (32,800 ft) without oxygen masks, which are available for emergencies and combat situations. The crew members have room to stand and move about the cabin during long missions. The space between the seats allows that they can lie down in the corridor, if necessary. A small toilet and a galley are located behind the crew seats.

A long-range surveillance radar, passive detection systems, system of communication for tactical and strategical voice and data in a single platform with long-range capacity with flight refueling, transform the Su-34 into a way of monitoring and recognition in real time and platform of command and control, forming a complete battle management system.

General characteristics

Crew: Two

Length: 23.34 m (72 ft 2 in)

Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)

Height: 6.09 m (19 ft 5 in)

Loaded weight: 39,000 kg (85,980 lb)

Useful load: 8,000 kg (17,600 lb)

Max takeoff weight: 45,100 kg (99,425 lb)

Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-35F turbofans, 137.2 kN (30,845 lbf) with afterburner each

Performance

Maximum speed:

High altitude: Mach 1.8 (1,900 km/h, 1,180 mph)

Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (1,400 km/h, 870 mph) at sea level

Combat radius: 1,100 km (680 mi)

Ferry range: 4,000 km (2,490 mi)

Service ceiling: 15,000 m (49,200 ft)

Wing loading: 629 kg/m² (129 lb/ft²)

Thrust/weight: 0.68

Armament

1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 (9A-4071K) cannon, 150 rounds

2 × wingtip rails for R-73 (AA-11 'Archer') air-to-air missile

10 × wing and fuselage stations for up to 8,000 kg (17,630 lb) of ordnance, including Kh-29L/T, Kh-25MT/ML, Kh-25MP, Kh-36, Kh-38, Kh-41, Kh-59M, Kh-58, Kh-31P, Kh-35 Ural, Kh-41, Kh-65S, Kh-SD, 2 Moskit, 3 × Jachont air-to-ground missiles, KAB-500L/KR or KAB-1500L guided bombs, unguided bombs, B-8 rocket pods with 20 × 80 mm S-8 rockets, B-13 rocket pods with 5 × 122 mm S-13 rockets, O-25 rocket pods with 1 × 340 mm S-25 rocket, fuel tanks, EW- and reconnaissance pods.

sources:

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090615/155256775.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-34