Tests confirming the flight characteristics of the Russian fifth generation fighter PAK FA (Sukhoi PAK FA) is almost completed. This was the TV channel "Russia 24" said the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry Yuri Borisov.
"Now some planes carry out tests in the first place avionics (avionics - a comment." Heathcliff! "). Almost complete the test, which confirmed the flight characteristics of the aircraft, "- he added.
As the correspondent "Heathcliff!" A source in the defense industry in the next two years, industry and the military will focus on checking the combat capabilities of the machine. At the last stage of testing is planned to test the possibility of using different fighter weapons, including bombs and missiles of different classes, in different settings and combinations of equipment.
Fifth-generation fighter T-50 (PAK FA) first took to the skies in 2010. Since February 2014 Fighter program held state joint tests. Currently the number of instances of flight to six machines, two more should join the test program before the end of 2015. Simultaneously with the fifth generation fighter aircraft developed a new software infrastructure for future aircraft and a set of air weapons (including applied from an internal weapons bay).