Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Makes Maiden Flight With New Engine
Russia’s defense industry is working hard on developing a next-generation engine for the fifth-generation fighter jet.
By Franz-Stefan Gady
December 07, 2017
Russia’s first indigenously designed and built fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Su-57, conducted its first flight with a new jet engine, according to a source in Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
“Russia’s newest fifth generation fighter, T-50, performed its maiden flight with the second stage engine on December 5, 2017, at the Gromov Flight Research Institute,†the source told TASS news agency in Moscow on Tuesday.
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