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Aviation History
2001
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MILITARY AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY with the MBDA Magic-2 air-to-air missiles will be offered in place of the Vympel R-60 (AA-8 Aphid). Lahav's upgrade has been selected by Poland, and includes an Elta synthetic aperture radar, multifunction colour displays, a wide-angle HUD and a new mission computer. SU-24 FENCER Russia is progressing with a modest upgrade for the two-seat, swing-wing Su-24M. A HUD will be installed in the side-by-side cockpit and a new central computer and GPS naviga tion system will be incorporate. Tests of an upgraded Su-24M started at the Akhtubinsk test centre, as well as at the centre for combat training at Lipetsk in 1999. The upgrades would be applicable to the Su-24MR recon naissance version and the handful of SU-24MP EW platforms. SU-25/SU-39 FROGFOOT THE LATEST version of the Su-25, the Su-25TM (Su-39) now under development, is an all-weather version of the Su-25T. Several prototype Su-25TMs have been completed. These are believed to be modified Su-25Ts, 12 of which were built. One Su-25TM is being used for Kopyo-25 radar trials at the Ahktubinsk test centre and later aircraft will carry the radar in a modified nose as the Su-25SM. The cockpit has been updated with MFDs, while FLIR and ECM pods will improve the aircraft's operational capabilities. The series upgrade s likely to con centrate on the navigation and weapons system on single seaters and limit radar integration to twin seat Su-25UBM. In 2000, UUAPO of Ulan-Ude produced two Sukhoi Su-25TMs while six operational Su-2 Ss were upgraded to Su-2 5TM standard by Russian air force. It is expected all Russian air force Su-2 5s will be upgraded from 2002. During the Soviet era, the Su-25 factory, now know as Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM), developed an Su-25 upgrade with Israel's Elbit Systems, which made its first flight onl 8 April. Dubbed Scorpion, the upgraded Su-25 has been modified with Elbit avionics including two 150mm x 200mm LCD cockpit displays, a HUD and the Israeli company's Weapon Delivery and Navigation System. Elbit says the latter is compatible with eastern and western weapons and navigation/targeting pods. SU-27 FLANKER THE SU-27 remains the mainstay of the Russian aircraft industry and has been exported to China, among others. Two batches amount ing to 50 Su-27s have been delivered to China and licence production has started as the SAC J-ll. The Russian navy's carrier air capability arm is equipped with Su-27Ks (Su-33/T-10Ks), with movable foreplanes, folding wing and tailplane, strengthened |H | Max thrust dry/wetllb) Wing span |m) Wing area (m'l Overall length (ml OEWIkgl MrOW (kg] MLW (kg) Max payload (kg) Max weapon load (kg) Range, max fuel (km) Endurance (h) Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Mmo Max landing dist, sea level ISA (m) Max take-off dist, sea level ISA (m) Max ceiling (ft) Crew Passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments Sii-22M-4 Fitter Bomber 2 x Lyulka Saturn AL-21F-3 17,200/24,700 13.8/10.0 40.0/37.0 18.75 19,500 4,250 9 M2.09 950 900 49,900 1 4,550litre 3,200 No Su-24M Fencer D Bomber 2 x Lyulka Saturn AL-21F-3 17,200/24,700 17.64/10.36 55.17/51.02 6.19 22,320 39,700 8,000 2,500 8 M1.35 850 900 54,135 2 9,850 11,000 Yes Su-25BM Frogfoot Attack 2 x Soyuz R-195 9,945 14.36 33.7 15.53 9,500 14,600 10,800 4,340 1,850 9 M0.82 600 900 22,965 1 6,614 3,280 Yes Su-25TM (Su-39) Air superiority 2 x Soyuz R-195 9,945 14.52 30.1 15.33 10,600 21,500 13,200 6,000 2,500 11 378 M0.82 700 700 32,810 1 3,820 3,380 No landing gear and an arrestor hook. These air craft provide the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier with air defence, although, without radar modifications, they cannot be used in the mar itime-strike role. Su-27SK/SMK export deriv atives have an air-to-ground capability. Su-27Us are tandem trainers. Russia has unveiled an upgraded version of the Sukhoi Su-2 7UB known as the Su-2 7UBM, developed by the Sukhoi design bureau and built by the Irkutsk factory in Siberia - where the Flanker is built. It includes colour MFDs, a datalink and a phased-array radar which will have a ground mapping mode. These aircraft will become multi-role fighters armed with air- to-surface missiles and guided bombs. Russia intends to modernise its fleet of Su-2 7s starting with the Su-27UB two-seat combat trainers, followed by die single-seaters. An in-flight refu elling probe is also likely to be added. A longer term update - Su-27BM - in around 2010 will introduce systems intended for Russia's next generation fighter. SU-27M (SU-35/SU-37) SUKHOI'S Su-2 7M programme was intended as a mid-life update of the basic Flanker. The most recent prototype to be shown publicly, air craft 711, is fitted with thrust-vectoring nozzles and referred to as the Su-37. The Russian air force has concentrated on simpler upgrades. At least two pre-production models are locat ed at the Russian air force's Ahktubinsk test cen tre. The Su-2 7M is intended to be fitted with an NIIP phased-array radar and colour MFDs. SU-30/SU-30MK THE SU-30 PROJECT was initiated to devel op a two-seat fighter-controller aircraft capable of handing off targets to Su-27 interceptors via a datalink. The Su-30 was designed for the Soviet air-defence forces and a handful of air craft have been delivered. Upgrades to these air craft are likely as the development aircraft for the Su-27 upgrade see above) is known as the Su-30KN. Su-30s have been delivered to India in the first stage of a four-phase Su-30MKI pro gramme which will eventually be based around a western avionics package. The full MKI specification, with thrust-vectoring and a phased-array radar, is more akin to the thrust- vectoring variant of the Su-27M tlian the basic Su-30. China has ordered a similar aircraft, albeit with developed versions of the Russian avionics, as the Su-3 OMKK, and probably with out thrust vectoring. SU-27IB (SU-34/SU-32FN/SU-33KUB) THE SUKHOI Su-27IB, the two-seat, side- by-side, strike variant of the Flanker intercep-'' tor, was first exhibited at Minsk in February^ 1992. At least six aircraft are being flown, with more under construction. The airframe is also likely to form the basis of both the Su-27R reconnaissance and Su-27IBP fighter- bomber/escort-jammer projects. The similar Su-33KUB first flew from Zhukovsky on 2 9 April 1998. This is designed as a side-by-side combat capable trainer version of tiie naval Flanker, but is reported to be the basis for a family of multi-role naval aircraft for fleet defence, attack, reconnaissance, electronic war fare and, possibly, airborne early warning radar missions. All roles will require two crew. Although the cockpit is similar to the Su-27IB strike aircraft's, the nose has a circular, rather than flattened oval cross-section and houses a Phazotron N-014 radar similar to that of the Su-3 5/3 7. An IR search and track sensor is placed ahead of the windscreen centreline. S-37 BERKUT SUKHOI flew the prototype of a canard/ 76 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 May - 4 June 2001
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