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Russia to Field Air-Launched Missiles for T-50 by 2014

Russia will complete development of advanced tactical air-launched missile systems for the Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter within the next two years
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Third Sukhoi T -50 stealth fighter ‘to fly soon’
15:57 27/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) -
Russia’s third prototype Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation fighter will be ready to take to the skies in the near future, a military industry source said on Thursday.
Russia's 5G fighter aborts flight at MAKS-2011 air show
18:19 21/08/2011
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter aborted the takeoff at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Sunday.
5G fighter aborts flight at MAKS-2011 air show
17:48 21/08/2011
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter aborted the takeoff at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Sunday.
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter makes first demonstration flight
20:23 17/08/2011
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter performed its first demonstration flight at the MAKS 2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Wednesday.
Russia's 5G fighter makes first demonstration flight
18:55 17/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter performed its first demonstration flight at the MAKS 2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Wednesday.
Russian fifth-generation fighter to make first public flight at Moscow air show
14:24 27/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter, also known as PAK-FA, will perform its first public flight at the MAKS-2011 air show near Moscow in August, Nikolai Zanegin, Deputy General Director of Russia's Aviasalon company, said on Wednesday.
Russia enters S. Korean tender with 5th-generation fighter
17:18 25/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter has been placed on a short list of a South Korean tender for the delivery of advanced fighter jets, a Russian arms industry think-tank said on Monday.
Russia and India fix T-50 fighter design contract cost at $295 mln
12:15 16/12/2010
Russia and India have agreed the estimated cost of a design contract for their joint fifth-generation fighter project at $295 million, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman Ashok Nayak said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Second prototype fifth-generation fighter to fly before yearend
12:13 22/11/2010
Flight trials of the second prototype of Sukhoi's T-50 fifth-generation fighter aircraft are due before the end of the year, Sukhoi holding CEO Mikhail Pogosyan said on Monday.
Russia, India to begin design of 5G-fighter in December
20:05 27/10/2010
Russia is planning to sign in December an agreement with India on the preliminary design of a joint fifth-generation fighter aircraft, a senior Russian aircraft industry official said on Wednesday.
Russian Navy to get fifth generation carrier fighter after 2020
13:50 28/09/2010
The appearance of a fifth generation fighter in Russian naval aviation will not happen before 2020, the outgoing head of the air forces and air defense forces of the Russian Navy, Lt. General Valery Uvarov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Russian 5G fighter to outstrip best analogs
12:24 14/08/2010
Russian fifth-generation T-50 fighter, which is currently being developed by the Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer, will outstrip best world analogs, Air Force Commander Colonel General Alexander Zelin said on Saturday.
Russia's 5G fighters to be better, cheaper than foreign analogs - Vice-Premier Ivanov
13:31 06/08/2010
Russia's fifth-generation fighter must be better and cheaper than foreign 5G fighters, Vice-Premier Sergei Ivanov said on Friday.
Russian Air Force to get 10 fifth-generation fighters by 2015 (update 1)
18:20 19/07/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry will buy the first 10 fifth-generation fighters between 2013 and 2015 and then another 60 after 2016, a senior military official said on Monday.
Russian Defense Ministry to buy 10 fifth-generation fighters in 2013-2015
15:46 19/07/2010
Russia will buy 10 fifth-generation fighters in 2013-2015, and 60 more in 2016, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said on Monday.
Russian Air Force to buy over 60 fifth-generation fighters
17:50 13/07/2010
The Russian Air Force will receive more than 60 fifth-generation fighters from 2015-16, the force commander said on Tuesday.
Vladimir Putin in Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet
19:42 18/06/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived on June 17 in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, to observe the test flight of a Russian fifth-generation fighter.
Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet completes first stage of tests
22:36 17/06/2010
Russia’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft Sukhoi T-50 made its 16th test flight at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TSAGI) in Zhukovsky near Moscow, thus completing the first stage of air and ground tests.
Russian military to buy 50 fifth-generation fighters after 2016
18:53 17/06/2010
Russia's Defense Ministry will order at least 50 fifth-generation fighters from 2016, a senior official said on Thursday.
Russia's 5G fighter to be '3 times cheaper than foreign analogs'
16:26 17/06/2010
Russia's fifth generation fighter will be about three times as cheap as its foreign analog, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Premier Putin satisfied with Russian fifth-generation fighter tests
13:40 20/04/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he was satisfied with the tests of a Russian fifth-generation fighter jet.
Russia signs $1.5-bln fighter jet contract with India
16:12 12/03/2010
Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi
India set to buy 42 more Russian Su-30 fighter jets
16:05 02/03/2010
India and Russia are negotiating a new contract on the delivery of 42 Su-30MKI to the Indian Air Force, an Indian newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing military sources.
New Russian fighter to make 2,000 flights before production starts
21:43 01/03/2010
Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, is to undergo more than 2,000 flight tests before full-scale production starts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Russian 5th-generation fighter to have 2,000 test flights - Putin
20:27 01/03/2010
Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, is to undergo more than 2,000 flight tests before full-scale production starts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Russia's 5th generation jet fighter to start tests in April
18:28 01/03/2010
Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, will start a standard flight test program in April, a source at the Sukhoi aircraft maker said on Monday.
The T-50 fifth-generation fighter
13:28 19/02/2010
The T-50's specifications and performance compared to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor
Russia, India to sign 5th-generation fighter deal in March
17:23 15/02/2010
Russia and India will sign the first contract on the manufacturing of a fifth-generation jet fighter in late February-early March, a Russian defense industry official said Monday.
Russian 5th-generation fighter makes 2nd flight
12:15 12/02/2010
Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter has made a second test flight in the Far East, a Defense Ministry official told RIA Novosti on Friday.
Russian 5th-generation fighter deliveries delayed until 2015
18:45 09/02/2010
Deliveries of fifth-generation fighters to Russia's Air Force will start in 2015 rather than in 2013 as previously announced, the Air Force chief said on Tuesday.
FACTBOX: Russia's fifth-generation fighter T-50 (PAK FA)
20:28 29/01/2010Russia's fifth-generation fighter conquers the skies
18:10 29/01/2010
The fifth-generation T-50 fighter has taken its maiden flight in Russia’s Far East. “The results of the T-50’s 47-minute flight were positive,” said the press service of Russian aircraft giant Sukhoi Company. 
Russia successfully tests Sukhoi T-50 Stealth fighter jet
17:51 29/01/2010
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - On December 29, 2010, a prototype Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter took off on its maiden flight at 11.19 a.m. in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia's Far East.
Russia draws back veil of secrecy with peek at future fighter
17:06 29/01/2010
Russia carried out on Friday the first flight test of its fifth-generation fighter and revealed some details of its concept and design.
Russia to start receiving fifth-generation fighters in 2013
16:42 29/01/2010
The first batch of Russian fifth-generation fighters will go into service in 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter and its predecessors
14:12 29/01/2010
Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter made a 45-minute maiden flight on Friday in the Far East
Russia's future fighter conquers the skies
09:31 29/01/2010
Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter made a 45-minute maiden flight on Friday in the Far East, Russian television reported.
Russian 5th-generation fighter to make maiden flight on Friday
13:13 28/01/2010
Russia is set to hold the first test of its futuristic fifth-generation fighter jet on Friday, a source at the country's largest aircraft producer said on Thursday.
Russian 5th-generation fighter to perform maiden flight Jan 29.
10:07 28/01/2010
Russia is expected to hold the first test of its fifth-generation fighter on Friday, a source at Russia's largest aircraft building enterprise said on Thursday.
Russia could start 5th generation fighter tests by yearend
15:40 23/12/2009
Russia could start tests of its fifth-generation fighter in late 2009 or early 2010, a deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.
Russia to start 5th generation fighter tests in 2010 - deputy PM
17:34 08/12/2009
Russia will start tests of its fifth-generation fighter in 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday
Russia, India to jointly develop 5th-generation fighter
14:04 15/10/2009
Russia and India are set to jointly develop helicopters, infantry fighting vehicles and a fifth-generation fighter, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Russia to start flight tests of 5th-generation fighter by yearend
17:03 11/05/2009Fifth-generation fighter to be developed in joint project
20:26 21/04/2009Russia, Brazil to cooperate on fifth-generation fighter program
18:14 09/04/2009The fifth-generation fighter
16:31 23/01/2009Tests of Russia's new fighter must start in 2009 - deputy PM
14:53 21/01/2009The testing of Russia's fifth-generation fighter must begin in 2009 and the aircraft should be commissioned with the Russian Air Force in 2015, a deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.

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Russia's 5G fighter aborts flight at MAKS-2011 air show
18:19 21/08/2011
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter aborted the takeoff at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin in Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet
19:42 18/06/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived on June 17 in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, to observe the test flight of a Russian fifth-generation fighter.
Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet completes first stage of tests
22:36 17/06/2010
Russia’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft Sukhoi T-50 made its 16th test flight at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TSAGI) in Zhukovsky near Moscow, thus completing the first stage of air and ground tests.
Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter and its predecessors
14:12 29/01/2010
Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter made a 45-minute maiden flight on Friday in the Far East
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5G fighter aborts flight at MAKS-2011 air show
17:48 21/08/2011
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter aborted the takeoff at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Sunday.
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter makes first demonstration flight
20:23 17/08/2011
Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighter performed its first demonstration flight at the MAKS 2011 International Aviation and Space Show on Wednesday.
Russia's fifth-generation fighter conquers the skies
18:10 29/01/2010
The fifth-generation T-50 fighter has taken its maiden flight in Russia’s Far East. “The results of the T-50’s 47-minute flight were positive,” said the press service of Russian aircraft giant Sukhoi Company. 
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Russian 5th-generation fighter
Russia has been developing its newest fighter since the 1990s. The stealth fighter jet, with a range of up to 5,500 km, would enter service with the Air Force in 2015








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