Sukhoi Su-57 Sukhoi Su-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 () is the designation for a stealth, single-seat, twin-engine multirole fifth-generation jet fighter being developed for air superiority and attack operations. The aircraft is the product of the PAK FA (, ), a fifth-generation fighter programme of the Russian Air Force. Sukhoi's internal name for the aircraft is T-50. The Su-57 will be the first aircraft in Russian military service to use stealth technology. The fighter is designed to have supercruise, supermaneuverability, stealth, and advanced avionics to overcome the prior generation fighter aircraft as well as ground and naval defences. The Su-57 is intended to
Sukhoi Su-57 produced, and some believe it to be an implicit announcement of the project's cancellation. The slowing of procurement could be because of the current slow growth of the Russian economy, while the future patches' procurement are for an unknown future; the Russian military could be waiting for the more powerful Saturn izdeliye 30 engine to be ready for serial production. On 22 August 2018, during the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2018», the Russian Ministry of Defence and the JSC Sukhoi signed the first contract for delivery of two serial Su-57s. The contract should be finalized between 2018 and 2020. The prototype's