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Friday, September 14, 2007

Sukhoi plans to begin Su-35 flight tests by end 2007

Flight tests of the multi-purpose super-manoeuvrable fighter, the Sukhoi Su-35, will begin by the end of the year, Sukhoi general director Michael Pogosyan has said.

The fifth-generation fighter is to be Russia's answer to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning.

"The Su-35 is substantially developed on the basis of the technical decisions for creation of a fighter of the fifth generation," Pogosyan said.

He added that the Su-35 would be Sukhoi's basic export product, along with its civilian regional aircraft, the Superjet-100.

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