The Sukhoi Su-57 (NATO reporting name: Felon) is a stealth, single-seat, twin-engine multirole fifth-generation jet fighter being developed since 2002 for air superiority and attack operations. The aircraft is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii, lit. ''prospective aeronautical complex of front-line air forces''), a fifth-generation fighter program of the Russian Air Force. Sukhoi's internal name for the aircraft is T-50. The Su-57 is the first aircraft in Russian military service to use stealth technology. Its maiden flight took place on January 29th, 2010, and it entered service on December 25th, 2020. It is the world's fourth operational fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft after the F-22, F-35, and J-20.

According to Sukhoi Company, the fighter is designed to have supercruise, supermaneuverability, stealth, and advanced avionics to overcome the previous generation fighter aircraft as well as ground and naval defences.The Su-57 is intended to succeed the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian Air Force.

The prototypes and initial production batch are to be delivered with a highly upgraded Lyulka AL-31 variant, the AL-41F1, as an interim powerplant, while an advanced clean-sheet design engine, currently designated the Izdeliye 30, is in final stages of development, expected to be available after mid-2020s. The fighter is expected to have a service life of up to 35 years

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a Russian Sukhoi Su-57E stealth fighter then undergoing flight test at Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, during 2013. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 7-3/4-inches
Length: 11-inches

Release Date: January 2023

Historical Account: "Without an Export Partner" - India entered a joint development program with Russia in 2007 for the development of a fifth-generation fighter. However, it withdrew from the program in 2018, which was conceived to develop an improved version of the Su-57, due to concerns over its perceived weaknesses associated with stealth, engine, and other mission capabilities. The Su-57 underwent its first flight in 2010. The country's most advanced warplane successfully performed a mission in Syria as part of combat evaluation.

The Russian Air Force plans to procure 76 Su-57 aircraft for which a formal contract was signed in June 2019. Designed to destroy air, ground, and water surface targets, the aircraft is expected to be delivered by 2028.

The fighter suffered a crash during a test flight in the Khabarovsk region in southeastern Russia in December 2019. The Russian Air Force received the first mass-produced Su-57 fighter from Sukhoi in December 2020. The development of the second-generation Izdeliye 30 engine is still ongoing.