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Russian PAK-FA Program

Russian PAK-FA Program. Reuben F. Johnson Foreign Technology Consultant. Fifth-Generation Fighters: Requirement/Justification Fighter Aircraft Are Still The Only Platforms That: • Reach any target within a radius of 1000km within 1 hour • Provides for its own defence throughout its mission

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Russian PAK-FA Program

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  1. Russian PAK-FA Program Reuben F. Johnson Foreign Technology Consultant

  2. Fifth-Generation Fighters: Requirement/Justification Fighter Aircraft Are Still The Only Platforms That: • Reach any target within a radius of 1000km within 1 hour • Provides for its own defence throughout its mission • Places multiple sensors on the target • Can drop ordnance from long range with CEP of 5-10 metres • Can attack almost any target • Fifth-Generation Fighters Perform These Missions And More With Higher Assurances Of Survivability

  3. Current Domestic/Export Needs Of Potential PAK-FA Customers • Larger (more than 20 aircraft) buys – PAK-FA replaces several types of aircraft • Increased effectiveness against air defence systems • Ease of maintenance • Long-range AAM • Local production • Third-party weapons

  4. PAK-FA/T-50 Fifth-Generation Fighter Programme • First flight predicted by year end of 2009 but doubts remain • NIIP AESA radar set • New-generation engine derived from AL-31F/117S/AL-41F design concepts • Managed signature v. true low observables • Internal weapons bay • Developed/Enhanced EW with internal fitting • Improved air-launched weapons PAK-FA’s Initial Design Is Closer To An Su-35-Type Of Design Than A Blended-Body F-35 Planform

  5. Previous Russian Development Efforts For a Fifth-Gen Fighter • Sukhoi Su-27M/Su-35 (early 1990s) supermanoeuvrability concept validated • Sukhoi S-37/Su-37 Forward Swept Wing demonstrator • Mikoyan MFI demonstrator • Mikoyan LFI design concept • Mikoyan Project 701 These 1980s Concepts Proved Irrelevant To Post-Cold War Defence Requirements

  6. Aspects/Requirements For A Fifth-Generation Fighter • A Digital Electronic Infrastructure • Open-Architecture, “Plug and Play” Avionics and On-Board Systems Configuration • Supercruise Capability • Low RCS • AESA Radar • Thrust Vector Controls • Data Fusion/Battle Space Management Capacity • New-Generation Weapons Current Russian Industry Suffers From Technological Bottlenecks In Trying To Achieve Some Of These Objectives

  7. Programme Issues • Integration of all components and avionics • Engine development • New-design AAMs • Test facilities • Production of critical technologies • Support platforms – A-50, IL-78 • Pilot autonomy • Hours/flying proficiency • Current Russian Government Funding Is Not Adequate

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