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Titolo: Sukhoi Su-35 fighter: winging its way into a new era

Sukhoi Su-35 fighter: winging its way into a new era 
11:42 | 21/ 09/ 2007 
 
 
MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - The Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft
(NATO reporting name, Flanker), which was unveiled at the MAKS-2007
aerospace show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow this August, is to
perform its maiden flight in the near future. 
The test-flight program is to involve two more Su-35 prototypes, now being
assembled at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Association in
the Russian Far East, in late 2007. 
Mikhail Pogosyan, Sukhoi CEO, said the new warplane was in great demand
abroad, and that Moscow was currently negotiating possible sales with
several countries. 
Known as the Su-35, the Su-27M Flanker fighter has been displayed at
different air shows for the last 15 years and has retained this name
during an extensive modernization program. 
Unlike the original Su-27, the Su-35 features two AL-31FP vectored-thrust
engines, namely, advanced versions of the production AL-31F power plant. 
Each AL-31FP engine has fifth-generation technologies, a revolving nozzle
and a variable thrust control system ensuring 100% controllability in any
conceivable position and at minimal speeds. 
This is a very important innovation because conventional aerodynamic
controls are absolutely useless in similar situations. If necessary, the
thrust-vector control system can be switched off and the nozzles fixed in
a neutral position. 
A phased-array radar forming the mainstay of the Su-35's weapons-control
system simultaneously tracks up to 30 aerial targets at a range of 350 to
400 km and enables the pilot to attack eight of them. 
The unique radar detects tiny targets with an effective echo area of
several hundredths of a meter up to 90 km away. 
Moreover, the warplane has a new-generation optronic system comprising a
thermal direction finding set, a laser range-finder/marker and a
television channel. 
The Su-35 is fitted with 34 missiles, including medium-range air-to-air
missiles with active and semi-active radar-seeking and heat-seeking
warheads, short-range missiles and five brand-new long-range missiles. 
It has 25 medium-range and long-range anti-ship and anti-radar missiles,
including the Club missile system and one long-range Yakhont cruise
missile. 
Just like the Su-30MK warplane ordered by China, the Su-35 carries
remote-controlled, laser-guided and satellite-guided glider bombs, as well
as a laser/TV sighting station inside an external optronic container. 
The station detects, tracks and marks ground targets and calculates their
range. 
The Su-35 carries an 8,000kg ordnance load on 12 external pods. Due to its
vectored-thrust engine and advanced avionics, the plane can outperform the
Su-27M, weighs less than the popular Su-30MK and, therefore, has an
advantage in maneuverable dogfights. 
Pogosyan said there were plans to start exporting the first Su-35s in
2010. The new fighter fits into the generation four plus-plus category
between different Su-30MK versions and fifth-generation warplanes.
Corporate experts said it featured numerous fifth-generation technologies
that would give it an undisputed advantage over other multi-role
fourth-generation fighters on the global aviation market between 2009 and
2015. 
Yury Zaitsev is a member of the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences.
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 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter: winging its way into a new era 
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