Ukrainian experts noted that we can talk about the creation of a two-seat version of the fighter for the Indian Air Force. Meanwhile, the Indian side abruptly withdrew from the joint program with the Russian Federation to design promising fighter jets.
Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has patented the two-seat version of the Su-57 multirole fighter. As military observers reported on November 19, previously the two-seat modification of this aircraft was considered only within the framework of the joint program of the Russian Federation and India to develop a promising FGFA fighter.
Let us note that on the website of the Russian Federal Intellectual Property Service, the patent for “Multifunctional two-seater stealth aircraft” was actually registered with the date November 17, 2023. But the document does not specifically state that we are talking about the Su-57.
“The invention relates to the field of aviation, that is, multifunctional, two-seat stealth tactical aircraft and is designed to detect and destroy air, surface and ground targets at super and subsonic flight speeds over a wide altitude range. The document states that airborne for network-oriented actions of mixed groups of aircraft It is stated that it was used as a command center.
By the way, according to Russian media, the creation of two-seat Su-57s has been talked about in the Russian Federation for a long time, and the words of former Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov to the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2021 are mentioned. Defense and Sukhoi Design Bureau plan to create “a two-pilot cockpit that will increase export demand” for the aircraft of this design bureau.
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Ukrainian experts also noted that it is possible that the patent refers specifically to a new fighter jet for the Indian Air Force. At the same time, the material emphasizes that the Indian side has suspended its participation in the joint program with Russia to create a promising fighter since 2018 and announced its intention to focus its efforts on its own development.
Later, Indian experts considered that the combat avionics, radars and sensors of Russian engineers did not meet the standards of the fifth-generation fighter.
It was previously reported that Russian designers are positioning the Su-57 as a fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighter. However, Western experts said that this aircraft was equipped with missiles that greatly reduced its ability to evade detection.
Source: Focus
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