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The makers of the most beautiful, agile and at the same time the deadly jet fighters in the world.

Sukhoi (pronounced [suk-oi]) (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. Founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su), it is currently known as Sukhoi Corporation. It is comprised of the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau located in Moscow, the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association (NAPO), the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO) and Irkutsk Aviation. Sukhoi is headquartered in Moscow.

Brief History of Sukhoi Design Berau

Su-27 and Su-35

Su-34 Fighter Bomber

Su-33 Navy Single Seater

Su-30 MK

The Sukhoi Su-37 (NATO designation: Flanker-F) is a Russian multi-role jet fighter aircraft. Here are couple of videos showing the power and extreme manuevrability of Su-37. The Su-37 is a super-maneuverable thrust vectoring fighter derived from an Su-35 prototype. The Su-37 represents a new level of capability compared with the Su-27 and Su-35.

Su-37 Super Flanker

Commercial on the latest Russian Su-35 (4.5th Generation)

Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut (Су-47 “Беркут” - golden eagle), also designated S-32 and S-37 during initial development, is an experimental supersonic jet fighter developed by Sukhoi Aviation Corporation, a testbed for developing technologies for the next generation of aircraft. The basic dimensions and weight of the Su-47 “Berkut” are similar to those of Su-37, although they are different aircraft, and the tail, nose and canopy are similar to those of the Su-35. The NATO reporting name for this aircraft is “Firkin“. A distinguishing feature of the aircraft is its forward-swept wing. Although the Berkut has been referred to as the Su-47 since 2002, suggesting that it is a ready-for-production warplane, it will more likely be heavily redesigned (as part of the Prospective Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces or PAK FA program) before any series production begins. Any production S-47 would presumably be able to carry most air-to-air missiles in service with the Russian and Indian Air Forces. (some more info here)

The FSW (Forward Swept Wing) is a better performer at high angles of attack in post-stall manoeuvring much needed in close-in dogfight. The fact that Simonov had chosen FSW for his fifth-generation fighter once again confirms Sukhoi’s commitment to the super agility as a crucial requirement for the next generation air-superiority fighter. This approach, so much different from western concepts of stealth, supercruise and BVR engagements, was taken to the limits in Su-37.

The Indian Air Force, often abbreviated as the IAF, is the world’s fourth largest air force and operates more than 1130 combat and 1700 non-combat aircraft, including latest Su-30MKI (MKI: ‘Multifunctional Commercial - Indian’) which is the IAF’s prime air superiority combat aircraft. The MKI variant is considered to be the most advanced fighter aircraft of Russian origin in service, except for Su-35. The MKI version is the ultimate development of the Su-30 series, and regarded as superior in capabilities to all versions of F-15 aircraft of the USAF. The Su-30 MKI is significantly more advanced than the basic Su-30 or the Chinese Su-30 MKK aircraft. The aircraft was jointly designed by Russia’s Sukhoi and India’s HAL. India exercised its Su-30 MKIs against the Royal Air Force’s Tornado ADVs in October 2006. This marked the first large scale exercise with any foreign Air Force, in which the IAF used its MKI’s extensively. This exercise was also the first in 43 years with the Royal Air Force.

IAF pilots flying their ‘top-gun’ Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets are developing a habit of simply outgunning their rivals. After ’splashing’ F-15Cs and F-16s, they have now blown the British Tornados out of the clear blue skies. With a comprehensive package of super-manoeuvrability and firepower, the two-seater Sukhoi-30MKIs were a cut above the rest …….

“Sukhoi-30MKI is our golden goose. We don’t want to expose all its eggs to even friendly forces. We did not exploit its spectrum of capabilities. For instance, we did not open all operating modes of its radars,” said a senior IAF officer.

Su 30MKI with the Indian Air Force is the world’s first operational fighter with thrust vectoring capability.

The Su-30MKI’s distinctive features:

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  * For the first time in the world, a production aircraft has an engine with thrust vector control (AL-31FP, developed by the RDC named after A. Lyulka), and a remote control system integrated into a single control loop. Taken together, this renders the Su-30MKI extremely manoeuvrable;

• * For the first time in the Design Bureau’s history, a plane features a large-scale integration of avionics systems of foreign and domestic origin. The Su-30MKI has an “international” avionics portfolio, including as it does systems and units made by 14 foreign firms from 6 countries of the world.
• * For the first time in the world, a production plane has a radar with PAA (”Bars” developed by the Scientific Research Institute of Instrumentation Technology). Moreover, the plane has a new ejection seat, the K-36D-3.5, and a number of other innovative systems of domestic origin.
• * The ADO line-up has been significantly upgraded with the addition of the RVV-AYe air-to-air guided missile, Kh-29L/T/TYe, Kh-31A/P, Kh-59M air-to-ground missiles, and KAB-500 and KAB-1500 guided bombs.

Su-30MKI: Air Superiority fighter, MultiRole Fighter, Strike fighter, Heavy class fighter

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