Can any one shed some light as to why sukhoi still hasnt developed an AESA radar for their SU series and uses PESA even in the latest developed SU-35 whereas MIG-35 has already employed an AESA radar.
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MiG-35 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
The Tikhomirov NIIP AESA is a radar devolped by sukhoi for the 5th generation fighter PAK-FA
Russia unveiled the first element of its fifth-generation Sukhoi PAK FA/T-50 fighter during the Moscow MAKS air show, with Tikhomirov's NIIP having exhibited the type's active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
The newly unveiled unit is intended for integration with Sukhoi's heavyweight fighter prototype, which air force commander Aleksandr Zelin says is due to fly in November or December. The aircraft was shown to President Vladimir Putin in its assembly phase during his May visit to the KnAAPO production plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Tikhomirov says the AESA antenna entered benchtesting in November 2008, and was mated with the radar's other blocks for an initial integration test "this summer". A second example to be produced for an operational prototype of the T-50 will be completed by mid-2010, it adds.
NIIP has not provided any details about the new radar, beyond saying that its antenna contains more than 1,000 solid transmit/receive modules. The design is Russia's second AESA system, following the Phazotron Zhuk-AE being developed for the RSK MiG-35.
PICTURE: Russia unveils AESA radar for PAK FA fighter
NIIP AESA on display at MAKS 2009
some reports from India suggest that 100 Su-30MKI Flanker H may be retrofitted with AESA upgrades to their N011M BARS radars post 2015.
