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The designation SU-35 has been used in several different contexts over the years. It has been referred to, and even photographed, in ways that referred to both mid-life Flanker upgrades and canard-equipped next-generation aircraft. KnAAPOs site added the confusion by showing SU-35 pictures on its type page and gallery that display the aircraft both with and without canard foreplanes.
The current SU-35 as described by Sukhoi appears to be something of a compromise between the upgrade and full redesign visions Differences and features largely speak for themselves, but a short summary follows.....
1 N035 Irbis Radar (PESA, and a follow-on to the Bars-M)
2 No canards
3 Rear-looking self-defence radar in shorter tail sting
4 AL-41F1A thrust-vectoring turbofan engines rated at 142-147kN
5 Extended high-lift devices with large flaperon occuping the full trailing edge of the wing
6 L175M Khibiny-M electronic-warfare self-defence system
7 Reduced-area empennage
8 Larger Air Intakes
9 New and lighter systems, including quadruple digital fly-by-wire flight-control system.
10- New man-machine interface with fully-glass cockpit with two large LCD screens and helmet mounted display.
The current SU-35 as described by Sukhoi appears to be something of a compromise between the upgrade and full redesign visions Differences and features largely speak for themselves, but a short summary follows.....
1 N035 Irbis Radar (PESA, and a follow-on to the Bars-M)
2 No canards
3 Rear-looking self-defence radar in shorter tail sting
4 AL-41F1A thrust-vectoring turbofan engines rated at 142-147kN
5 Extended high-lift devices with large flaperon occuping the full trailing edge of the wing
6 L175M Khibiny-M electronic-warfare self-defence system
7 Reduced-area empennage
8 Larger Air Intakes
9 New and lighter systems, including quadruple digital fly-by-wire flight-control system.
10- New man-machine interface with fully-glass cockpit with two large LCD screens and helmet mounted display.