Sukhoi Begins Testing Onboard Radar System For T-50 Aircraft

12:00 AM, August 8, 2012
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Russian aircraft maker, Sukhoi, has begun testing a new onboard radar system for its 5th generation T-50 fighter jet. Developed by Moscow-based Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design using nanotechnology, the new X-band active phased array radar has been installed on the third prototype of the T-50 fighter. Also known as the PAK-FA, it works simultaneously in “air-to-air” and “air-to-ground” modes, allows attacking multiple targets, and provides electronic countermeasures capabilities. Three T-50 prototypes are currently being tested under a PAK-FA test and development program while a fourth plane is expected to join the program this year. The Russian Defense Ministry is planning to purchase the first 10 evaluation example aircraft after 2012 and then 60 production standard aircraft after 2015.

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