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Directory: military aircraft force ordered 24 Y-5Cs in 1996 for paratroop training/transport. Sukhoi, Sukhoi Design Bureau, 23A Poiikarpov Street, Moscow 125284, Russia; tel +7 (095) 945 65 25; fax +7 (095) 200 42 43; www.sukhoi.org •22 Fitter Sukhoi's swing-wing Su-22 has become the focus of upgrade packages offered by the manu facturer and lAI's Lahav division. Sukhoi is offering GPS integrated with the Su- 22M4's PrNK-54 weapons system and other navigation equipment improvements. A laptop- computer based MK-54 mission planning sys tem will allow the preparation and download of navigation waypoints, target co-ordinates and other mission data into the weapons system. Other improvements include a pod-mounted FLIR and a new active jammer. The latter is housed in two pods and is believed to be based on Su-27's Sorbtsiya system. The FLIR provides night targeting for laser-guided S-25L, Kh-25ML and Kh-29L air-to-surfaces missiles and the updated Su-22M4 will be compatible with the KAB-500KR and KAB-500L television and laser- guided bombs. Integration 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 SAR, colour MFDs, a wide- angle HUD and a new mission computer. 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 navigation system will be incorporated. 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 applica ble to the Su-24MR reconnaissance version and the handful of Su-24MP EW platforms. Su-25/Su-39 Frogf 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 and will be designated Su-25SM. The cock pit has been updated with MFDs, while FLIR and ECM pods will improve the aircraft's opera tional capabilities. The series upgrades are likely to concentrate on the navigation and weapons system on single seaters and limit radar integra tion to twin-seat Su-25UBM. In 2000, UUAPO of Ulan-Ude produced two Sukhoi Su-25TMs, while six operational Su-25s SHIZIAZHUANG AIRCRAFT Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max power (kW) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW(kg) MTOW (kg) MLW (kg) Max payload (kg) Max weapon load (kg Range(km) Endurance (h) Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Mmo Ceiling (ft) Crew/Passengers Passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments Y-5 Utility transport 1 x WSK Kalisz ASz-62IR 746 18.18/14.24 71.53 12.74 3,330 5,250 - 1,500 - 850 5h 36min 86 16,400 1-Feb 10 670 litre No Wing spans are upper & lower, area is total of pair were upgraded to Su-25TM standard by the Russian air force. It is expected all Russian air force Su-25s will be upgraded once funding becomes available. During the Soviet era the Su-25 factory was in Georgia and is now know as Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM), developed an Su-25 upgrade with Israel's Elbit Systems, which made its first flight on 18 April, 2001. Dubbed Scorpion, the upgraded Su-25 has been modified with Elbit avionics including two 150 x 200mm LCD cockpit displays, a HUD and the Israeli company's Weapon Delivery and Navigation System. Elbit says the latter is com patible 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 and other countries. Two batches amounting 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-capabil ity arm is equipped with Su-27Ks (Su-33/T- lOKs), with movable foreplanes, folding wing and tailplane, strengthened landing gear and an arrestor hook. These aircraft 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 deriva tives have an air-to-ground capability. Su-27Us are tandem trainers. Russia has unveiled an upgraded version of the Sukhoi Su-27UB known as the Su-27UBM, 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 multirole fighters armed with air- to-surface missiles and guided bombs. Russia intends to modernise its fleet of Su- 27s, starting with the Su-27UB two-seat combat trainers, followed by the single-seaters. An in flight refuelling 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-27M programme was intended as a mid-life update of the basic Flanker. The most famous prototype to be shown publicly, aircraft 711, is fitted with thrust-vectoring nozzles and referred to as the Su-37. The Russian air force has concentrated on simpler upgrades, although at least two pre-production Su-27M/35s are located at the Russian air force's Ahktubinsk test centre. The Su-35 "Super Flanker" flew in 1988, as the Su-27M, and is marketed as the Su-27/30's succes sor. A higher degree of aerodynamic instability (the Su-27 is close to neutral), a canard-wing- tailplane configuration and thrust-vectoring requires a fully digital quadruplex FCS, which automatically limits angle of attack, pitch, speed, etc. The Su-35's take-off weight is boosted to 38,800kg, the weapon load to 8,500kg and the internal fuel capacity to 10,250kg. Airframe life is 6,000h. From 1992 to 95, KnAAPO built 12 sin gle-seat prototypes and a Su-35UB twin-seater in 2001. The Su-35 is equipped with the N-011M Bars radar with a passive phased-array antenna, while the core avionics suite and systems are from the Su-30MKK, but software is further improved to enable a single pilot to do the same as the Su-30MKK's two crew. The cockpit includes colour MFDs and HOTAS controls. Su-30/Su-30MF The Su-30 project was initiated to develop 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 aircraft have been delivered. Upgrades to these aircraft 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 programme which will eventually be based around a Western avionics package. The full MKI specifi cation, with thrust-vectoring and a phased-array radar, is more akin to the thrust-vectoring vari ant of the Su-27M/Su-35 than the basic Su-30. China has ordered a similar aircraft, albeit with developed versions of the Russian avionics and without thrust vectoring, as the Su-30MKK. SU-27IB (Su-34/Su-32FN/Su-33KUB) The Sukhoi Su-27IB, the two-seat, side-by-side, 66 28 MAY - 3 JUNE 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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