Sukhoi intends on making her an equally-lethal performer in all of her defined roles. Her design will provide excellent performance within her altitude limitations and make possible operations in both day/night as well as adverse weather conditions. As a multi-role aircraft, the Su-57 will be charged with both air superiority and ground attack roles as well as aerial reconnaissance by way of specialized onboard equipment. The PAK FA prototypes are designated as "T-50". This aircraft and will be based highly on the developmental findings of the Russian PAK FA/T-50/Su-57 program with India intending to purchasing some 250 FGFA fighters at project's end. The Su-57 will also move along the joint Russian-Indian FGFA (Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft) program for the near future - an agreement reached between the two nations in 2001 - with results expected to be introduced sometime in 2015. Both of these lines have gone on to see much use in the global market resulting in a myriad of variants and configurations. In the Russian inventory, the Su-57 will move in to take over the roles held by the large Sukhoi Su-27/Su-37 "Flanker" family as well as the lightweight Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum" (all 4th Generation Fighters).
Four prototypes has been completed to date (2013) with a fifth under construction.
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Serial production for the T-50 is slated for 2015 and the first public unveiling of the prototype was shown during the MAKS 2011 Air Show just outside of Moscow in August of 2011. The Indian intent is to benefit from the program by procuring their own PAK FA-based 5th gen fighter in the coming decade. The Su-57 has been developed somewhat jointly through a partnership between Russia and India to which India has contributed as much as 35% to date. In the Russian, "PAK FA" translates to "Future Air Complex - Tactical Air Forces". The arrival of the T-50 introduces a second player to the once exclusive "Fifth Generation Club", owned wholly by the United States, while China continues development of their own indigenous 5th gen fighter across the Pacific. As a Fifth Generation fighter, the Su-57 is challenging the realm currently dominated by the American Lockheed F-22 "Raptor" air superiority fighter - the world's first 5th gen fighter aircraft.
The Su-57 is categorized as a "Fifth Generation Fighter" recognizing that it will make use of the latest aviation technology, radar-absorbing materials and weaponry to provide for excellent performance, agility and response for the unseen conflicts ahead. The Su-57 (formerly "PAK FA" and "T-50") is currently in development with the storied Sukhoi OKB, a Russian aircraft firm granted origins in the dark days of World War 2 (1939-1945) and having since contributed many designs to the Soviet Air Force and Army in the Cold War years following.
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