Sukhoi PAK FA

Sukhoi PAK FA atau  Перспективный авиационный комплекс фронтовой авиации, Perspektivny aviatsionny kompleks frontovoy aviatsii, literally "Future Airborne Complex - Frontline Aviation" adalah pesawat jet generasi ke liam yang sedangn dikembangkan oleh Sukhoi OKB bersama dengan India  untuk angkatan udara Rusia.

 Prototype dari pesawat ini adalah Sukhoi T-50. Jika pesawat ini sudah selesai dikembangkan, pesawat ini akan digunakan untuk mengganti MiG-29 Fulcrum dan Su-27 Flanker. Proyek ini dilaksanakan untuk menyaingi proyek Lockheed Martin dengan proyek F-22 Raptor dan F-35 Ligthing II. Mikail Pagosayan direktur dari sukhoi mengatakan merekan merencanakan untuk  menjual 1.000 unit pesawat pada dekade berikutnya. Departemen Pertahanan Rusia akan membeli 10

 

unit pada tahun 2012 dan 60 unit lagi pada 2016. Direktur  Centre for Analysis of Strategies and

Optical detection pod for the Su PAK FA. MAKS-2009

 

Technologies mengatakan bahwa Vietnam akan menjadi negara pengekspor kedua. Pesawat ini mempunyai masa operasi selama 35 tahun. 

Spesifikasi :

 

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 19.8 m (65.9 ft)
• Wingspan: 14 m (46.6 ft)
• Height: 6.05 m (19.8 ft)
• Wing area: 78.8 m² (848.1 ft²)
• Empty weight: 18,500 kg (40,785 lb)
• Loaded weight: 26,000 kg (57,320 lb)
• Useful load: 7,500 kg (combat load) (16,534 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 37,000 kg (81,570 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× New unnamed engine by NPO Saturn and FNPTS MMPP Salyut of 175 kN each. Prototype with AL-41F1 of 147 kN each,definitive version with new engine >157 kN
• Maximum Fuel weight: 10,300 kg (22,711 lb)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 2,100 km/h (Mach 2) (1,305 mph) ; at 17,000 m (45,000 ft) altitude
• Cruise speed: 1,300 km/h (808 mph)
• Ferry range: 5,500 km (3417 miles)
• Service ceiling: 20,000 m (65,616 ft)
• Rate of climb: 350 m/sec (68,900 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 330(normal) - 470(maximum) kg/m² (67(normal) - 96(maximum) lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.19
• Maximum g-load: 10-11 g

Armament

• Guns: None on prototype. Apparent provision for a cannon (most likely GSh-301).Possible two 30mm cannons
• Hardpoints: Two internal bays estimated at 4.6-4.7 metres by 1-1.1 metres. . Other sources suggest two auxiliary internal bays for short range AAMS and 6 external hardpoints

Avionics
N050(?)BRLS AFAR/AESA built by Tikhomirov NIIP and based on Tikhomirov NIIP N035 Irbis-E . It will be the second aircraft based AESA Radar to be built by Russia, the first being the Phazotron NIIR ZHUK-A Radar in the MIG-35.

Designed armament

Two Izdeliye 810 Extended beyond visual range missiles per weapons bay. Multiple Izdeliye 180 / K77M beyond visual range missiles. K74 and K30 within visual range missiles can also be carried.
Two KH38M or KH58 USHK air-to-ground missiles per weapons bay. Multiple 250–500 kg precision guided bombs per weapons bay, with a maximum of ten bombs in internal bays
Other possible loads include one 1500 kg bomb per weapons bay or two 400 km+ range anti-AWACS weapons on external hard-points. A maximum weapons load of 7500 kg is reported.