UAC will increase the supply of Su-57 fighters to the Russian army

In 2023 United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) will increase the volume of supplies to the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation (VKS) of the fifth generation Su-57 fighters. This was stated by the CEO of the corporation Yuri Slyusar.

“We will continue to fulfill our obligations under the concluded contracts. Su-35 aircraft of the following batches are in production. In addition, this year the volume of deliveries of the fifth generation Su-57 fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces will increase,” leads his words to the press service of the government.

The government also reported that the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant. Yu.A. Gagarin handed over to the Aerospace Forces a new batch of Su-35S aircraft, which had already flown over the home airfield. Combat vehicles have passed factory tests, each aircraft has been tested in the air.

In December 2022, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov declaredthat the UAC continues to expand its capacity for the serial production of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters. Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov called the Su-57 the future of Russian military aviation and said that the ongoing large-scale modernization project would significantly increase the production of these aircraft.

Su-57 is a fifth-generation Russian multirole fighter developed by company “Dry”. The machine is designed to destroy all types of air, ground and surface targets. Su-57 is produced at the aircraft factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Before receiving the serial name, it was called T-50. First took to the air in 2010 At the end of October 2022 UAC told about the first flight of the upgraded Su-57. Earlier it was reported that by 2028 the number of Su-57s in service with the Russian army should be 76 fifth-generation aircraft.