Russia's fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet took to the skies for the first time on January 29, 2010. The Su-57 is a multirole fighter designed to destroy all types of air, ground and naval targets. The Su-57 fighter jet features stealth technology with the broad use of composite materials, is capable of developing supersonic cruising speed and is furnished with the most advanced onboard radio-electronic equipment, including a powerful onboard computer (the so-called electronic second pilot), the radar system spread across its body and some other innovations, in particular, armament placed inside its fuselage. Compared to its predecessors, the Su-57 combines the functions of an attack plane and a fighter jet while the use of composite materials and innovation technologies and the fighter’s aerodynamic configuration ensure the low level of radar and infrared signature.
Russia’s cutting-edge Su-57 fighter jet celebrates 10 years in the sky
Su-57 took to the skies for the first time on January 29, 2010
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Russia's fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet took to the skies for the first time on January 29, 2010
© Sukhoi Corporation/TASS Vladimir Putin inspecting the cockpit of Russia's Su-57 fighter jet (previously known as PAK FA, or T-50) at the Gromov airfield in Zhukovsky, 2010
© Maxim Shemetov/TASS Su-57 fighter jet is capable of developing supersonic cruising speed and is furnished with the most advanced onboard radio-electronic equipment
© Sukhoi Corporation/TASS Su-57 is designed to destroy all types of air, ground and naval targets
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS The joint flight of the latest Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy attack drone and Su-57 fighter jet, 2019
© Russian Defense Ministry/TASS Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performing a flight at the MAKS 2019 International Aviation and Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Moscow region
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation jet fighters
© Marina Lystseva/TASS Su-57 fifth-generation jet fighter aircraft featuring stealth technology with the broad use of composite materials
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS A model of a Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter on display at the 2019 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport
© Marina Lystseva/TASS Compared to its predecessors, the Su-57 combines the functions of an attack plane and a fighter jet
© Ladislav Karpov/TASS