12/7/2023 0 Comments Sukhoi 35 cockpit![]() ![]() The Indians were evidently not convinced that the stealth and flight characteristics could provide exactly what they were looking for - another financial blow to the program. In 2018, India withdrew from the planned joint Russian-Indian Su-57 development. Thus while the Kremlin’s Su-57 does have a better (more reduced) radar cross-section than the Su-35S, the latter airframe is fairly advanced for a fourth-generation fighter, and has proved itself more than capable where it has been deployed, particularly in Syria. What the Su-57 program need are completely new engines designs - no easy feat. There have been reported problems with the new Izdeliye 30 engines, related to reliability and quality control.Īdditionally, both the Al-41 and the Izdeliye 30 are essentially higher performance variations of the Al-31 engines. There is another fundamental problem with the Su-57 - its engines are essentially the same as those of the aircraft it is designed to replace, the Su-35S.Īlthough the Su-57 was intended to sport the more powerful and efficient Izdeliye 30 engines, most - if not all - prototypes and production models have been equipped with the Al-41 engines used on the Su-35S. There will almost certainly be less money for ambitions and expensive projects. Saudi Arabia’s consolidation of its global market share is bad news for the Su-57, and really all Russian military acquisitions, which will likely be hit hard in the future. Increased Saudi production has flooded the market with a glut of cheap Saudi Arabian crude, which is designed to undercut Russian exports of the black gold. ![]() The disagreement between Saudi Arabia and Russian to put a price floor under crude prices by cutting oil production has caused the price of oil to fall dramatically. If these energy exports would slow to a trickle - or when the price for these exports is low, less money flows into Russian state coffers. Russia depends on oil and gas for revenue. ![]()
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