Sukhoi Su-35S 양산 소식과 리비아 수출 소식...

 

러시아 Sukhoi JSC 社가 개발중인 Su-35S 전투기가 그동안의 시험비행을 완료하고 양산에 들어간다는 소식과 리비아 수출

가능성을 보도한 AW&ST 기사를 소개합니다.

 

제작사의 언급 내용이지만, Su-35 전투기 성능에 대한 관심이 가는 부분들이 아래 기사에 있습니다. 별도로 설명 할 필요가

없을 정도로 언급되어 있으므로, 관련 부분에 강조 표시만 하였습니다. 참조하시면 됩니다. 특히 coating 을 통한 RCS 값을

낮추었다는 내용에 관심이 갑니다. 

 

또한 T-50 PAK-FA 와 Su-33 을 복제한 것으로 알려진 중국의 J-15 전투기 관련 내용도 있습니다.

 

아래 소개하는 사진들은 작년 모스크바 에어쇼, MAKS 2009, 에 전시된 Su-35 시제기 902 입니다. 각각의 사진 하단에 출처

가 명기되어 있습니다. 

 

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Home and Away

Latest variant of the Flanker will enter Russian air force inventory this year

Aviation Week & Space Technology, 07/26/2010

Authors : Maxim Pyadushkin and Michael A. Taverna

 

The Russian air force will take delivery of its first Sukhoi Su-35S fighter by the end of the year, with a Libyan deal for the aircraft also anticipated to be concluded in the same time frame.

 

Sukhoi CEO Mikhail Pogosyan confirmed here that the air force would begin to receive the latest upgrade of the Su-27 Flanker before the year is out. The Su-35S, sometimes also known as the Su-27M2, matches the Flanker airframe with more powerful 117S engines, thrust vector control and new avionics and ­systems.

 

Sukhoi executives say the aircraft’s radar signature has been reduced through the use of radar-absorbent coatings as well as fewer protruding sensors.

 

Preliminary testing of the Su-35 has concluded, according to the company. The initial flight-test program was completed using two rather than the planned three aircraft — the third was lost as a result of a fire following a problem during taxi trials. So far, 270 flights have been made totaling 350 hr.

 

Another focus of the initial trials was the fighter’s onboard systems, such as the NIIP Tikhomirov Irbis passive phased array radar. The radar is intended to be able to track 30 airborne targets and engage eight of them while at the same time tracking four and engaging two ground targets. According to Pogosyan, the radar showed a maximum detection range against the airborne targets of 400 km. (250 mi.) during the trials.

 

The Su-35’s infrared search-and-track sensor was able to detect and simultaneously lock up several targets at ranges of more than 80 km.

 

The target service life of the new aircraft is 6,000 flight hours, with a planned operational life of 30 years. The intended service life of NPO Saturn 117S engines is 4,000 hr., say the ­designers.

 

Sukhoi is now moving to joint evaluation trials with the Russian air force, whose pilots are participating in the test program.

 

The Russian air force has ordered 48 Su-35S aircraft to be delivered by 2015. The aircraft was initially promoted to the Russian military as an interim platform until the fifth-generation fighter being developed by the Sukhoi enters into service in 2016. Now Pogosyan is sure the air force will continue the procurement of Su-35s beyond this date — a second batch for the same number is anticipated in the latter half of the decade. The T-50 fifth-generation prototype is in the early stages of flight-testing.

 

Tripoli will likely be the launch export customer. Alexander Mikheev, deputy head of Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms export agency, confirmed here that the contract for delivery of an undisclosed number of aircraft to Libya, one of the traditional recipients of Soviet armaments, is expected to be signed this year. The first export production slots are available starting in 2012.

 

The T-50, according to Pogosyan, will make a public debut at the upcoming Moscow air show in August. The aircraft is being developed to meet the air force’s PAK FA requirement. He expects the PAK FA will be available to export customers at a price that is higher than fourth-generation models but still “affordable” compared to competing Western fighters. “Russian fighters have always been competitive on the global market,” he notes, “and the PAK FA will not be an exception.”

 

The absence of Russian combat aircraft here, Mikheev says, was dictated by a pure business decision to display the aircraft only at shows that have a reasonable chance of generating sales, rather than for reasons of prestige. Legal issues involving a Swiss creditor, which have kept fighters away from Farnborough in past years, played “absolutely no role this year,” he says.

 

However, a broad palette of combat aircraft will be shown at the Moscow show, including the T-50. Pogosyan admits that Russia will be faced with an increasing challenge from China, which practices even lower ­pricing.

 

He agrees that China’s Shenyang J-15 is a “copy” of the Su-33 and that this raises intellectual property issues. But he insists that the lower price will be offset by poorer performance. “We’re not afraid of competition, even when it’s unfair. Learning how to integrate complex advanced fighter technology takes time,” Pogosyan says.

 

In all, 300 MiG and Sukhoi combat aircraft are expected to be delivered in the next five years, Pogosyan says. At least 60% of aircraft sales are anticipated to be generated from the export market, even though domestic military sales are steadily rising. Last year, 50% of production was exported, accounting for 25% of total 2009 combat aircraft sales. Deliveries included 33 new-build Sukhoi fighters and 18 upgraded aircraft.