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2004-09 - 0833.PDF
A i re ran Mission Powerplant Max power (shp) /thrust dry/wet (lb) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance(h) Hard points Cruise (kt) MM0 Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments Bomber 2 x Kuznetsov NK25 Bomber 4 x Kuznetsov NK12MP tu-iDU oiacKjac Bomber 4 x Samara NK321 Yes Yes 12,000kg weapons carried externally Yes Weapons load carried internally/extermally developed from the Su-29KS aerobatic aircraft. It has 420hp Vedeneyev M-9F nine-cylinder radial piston engine. The airframe uses composite materials. The Su-49 cockpit is equipped with liquid-crystal HDD, a HUD and Zvezda SKS-94M-49 ejection seats to simulate the cockpits of the Sukhoi Su- 27/30. It is also intended to provide navigation, night/all-weather, high-g and weapons instruc tion. Sukhoi proposed that a sister company, NAPO in Novosibirsk, build the Su-49. Sukhoi has been working for over two decades on an intermediate-range bomber design. The T- 60S, the latest iteration of this design, is an 80- lOOt-class aircraft. S-54/S-55 Sukhoi continues to pursue the S-54 advanced jet trainer design, as well as the S-55 lightweight fighter version. They resemble a scaled-down, single-engined Su-27 with foreplanes. been delivered to China. Indonesia received first Su-30MKs in late 2003 and Malaysia has ordered the Su-30MKM aircraft. Su-32 (Su-27IB, Su-34/Su-32FN/Su-33UB) The Sukhoi Su-27IB, the two-seat, side-by-side, strike variant of the Flanker interceptor, was first exhibited at Minsk in February 1992. The air frame was originally intended to form the basis of both the Su-27R reconnaissance and Su- 27IBP fighter-bomber/escort-jammer projects. Now officially dubbed the Su-32 it is intended as a long-term replacement for the Su-24 long- range strike bomber in Russian air force service. Large numbers of the aircraft are said to be required by the service, but funding problems have so far prevented more than eight or nine being built. The Su-27IB had a Leninets sensor suite, inte grating a forward-looking passive electronically scanned radar, with provision for an active array, and an active rearwards-looking unit. Development ran into technical and financial difficulties, so NOP is offering the compact Osa electronically scanned radar for tail protection and precision-weapon targeting. The similar Su-33UB (formerly KUB) first flew from Zhukovsky in April 1998. This is designed as a side-by-side combat capable trainer version of the naval Flanker, but is reported to be the basis for a family of multirole naval aircraft for fleet defence, attack, reconnaissance, electronic warfare 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-35/37. An IR search and track sensor is placed ahead of the windscreen centreline. PAKFA In May 2002, Sukhoi won Russia's Fifth Generation Fighter (PAK PA) competition, beat ing RSK MiG. Previously known as the LFI con test, this project is now Russia's main effort to remain a combat aircraft producing country into the 21st century. Sukhoi is to act as prime contractor and pre pare the development schedule, but was ini tially asked to include RSK MiG and Yakovlev in the programme. These two design bureaux now have a minor role, with major subcontractors now including the NOP radar house, as well as Phazotron NOR and Leninets. First flight is expected in 2007 with production due three years later. A final design is due to be submitted to the Russian ministry of defence in 2004. It was orig inally estimated that $1.5 billion would be needed for research and development - with development of avionics, systems and weapons, and creation of a production line pushing the estimates to $10 billion. China and India are listed as potential participants. Sukhoi aims to make extensive use of tech nologies that were tested during the original LFI contest on its S-37 prototype, which made over 150 flights. Sukhoi flew the prototype of a canard/forward-swept-wing fighter in September 1997. The S-37 was a technology-demonstration project, rather than a development project for the Russian air force. The Russian air force terminated the develop ment of the Su-49 in the summer of 2003 in favour of the upgrading of 200 Yak-52Ms. It ini tially selected the Su-49 in late 2001 for flight screening, initial training and to maintain frontline pilots' skills. It was selected over the Yakovlev Yak-154. The two-seat Su-49 has been Tupolev Public Stock Company, Academician Tupolev Embankment 17, Moscow 111250, Russia. Tel +7 (095) 267 25 33; fax: +7 (095) 267 27 33/261 7141/261 08 68; www.tupolev.ru Tu-22M Backfin Alongside the Bear, the Tu-22M will continue to form the backbone of Russia's long-range strike capability to 2010. The latest variant of the Tu- 22, the M3, entered service with the air force and navy in the early 1980s. As with the Bear, the Tu-22M is earmarked to carry the Kh-SD and Kh-101 cruise missiles. Tupolev is also working on the M5, an upgrade including new avionics, radar, EW and naviga tion systems - all intended to extend service life to 2020 - although funding is not continuous. A further modification, the Tu-22MR, is for reconnaissance and carries a semi-recessed SLAR pod located in the bomb bay and has a large dielectric fairing at the root of the vertical fin along with dielectric fairings on the fuselage. India is still negotiating to buy or lease between two and four M3 aircraft for maritime strike duties. The Bear remains in service with the Russian armed forces as both a long-range strike aircraft and a maritime-patrol and reconnaissance plat form, 45 years after the first prototype flew. The Tu-95MS/MS6/MS16 aircraft remain a key component of the Russian air force's long- range aviation units. The aircraft are equipped with the Kh-55 (AS-15 Kent) air-launched cruise missile. The four-turboprop Bear is intended to be equipped with two Raduga conventional cruise- missile types now in the final stages of develop ment - the Kh-101 and Kh-SD. The Tu-142 ASW aircraft first flew in 1968 and 72 25-31 MAY 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.fliqhtinternatlonal.com
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