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Saturday, September 22, 2007

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

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.

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