Advanced Su-57 Fighter Arrives in China for the First Time: Exclusive Footage

The aircraft is equipped with first-stage AL-41F1 engines

The Russian fifth-generation multirole fighter Su-57 with tail number 054 has arrived in China for the first time. It will participate in the Airshow China - 2024 International Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai.

The aircraft is equipped with first-stage AL-41F1 engines, as well as the standard N036 Belka airborne radar system, including X-band AESA modules N036B-1-01L and N036B-1-01B for viewing the side hemispheres with a 30-45 degree coverage sector of the rear hemisphere.

This aircraft made its first flight on December 12, 2012, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The aircraft has the latest set of onboard equipment, supersonic cruising speed, internal armament, and radar-absorbing coating (stealth technology).

Earlier, www1.ru reported that Russia annually produces about 45 thousand sets of Hermes jam-resistant communication systems for FPV drones. They increase the operating range of the devices up to 100 km.

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