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Sukhois T-50 PAK-FA fighter will be delivered to the customer in 2015, Sukhoi director general Mikhail Pogosyan said in an interview at the Farnborough International Airshow here on July 20, notwithstanding Western skeptics who compare that timescale to other fighter programs.
Its a matter of the experience that we have, the level of preparation and the solution that we have chosen, he said. We did not wait for a new engine, but modernized an existing engine, and we have a lot of bench testing. Combined, that gives us a chance to succeed.
In the last 10 years we have readied four new aircraft the Su-30MKI, the Su-34, the Su-35 and the T-50, Pogosyan said. I dont think many foreign manufacturers can claim that much.
The Sukhoi leader also says that he expects the Su-35 to remain in production alongside the T-50 for some time, at least through 2020. Any aircraft that has a 400-km. [250-mi.] radar detection range can live for a long time.
Pogosyan commented on reports that he has advocated a Russian ban on exports of RD-93 engines for the Sino-Pakistan FC-1/JF-17 fighter, in response to Chinas production of the J-11 bootleg Su-27 variant. Its not that I am against the delivery of the engines, but that it should be regulated by a bilateral agreement. Military-technical cooperation is a long-term, strategic process and both sides need to observe the letter of the agreement. If they dont it will be chaos.PAK-FA Will Be Operational In 2015: Executive | AVIATION WEEK
