Sukhoi T-49 Sukhoi T-49 The Sukhoi T-49 was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft. The Sukhoi T-49 is a modernized version of the Sukhoi Su-11 with new radar and modified armament. The project was officially launched on August 6, 1957, the maiden flight of the T-49 prototype took place, after various rolling tests in October 1959, in January 1960. In the development of the T-49, the delta wing, the tail and the cigar-shaped hull were taken over by the Su-11. A key differentiator to the predecessor model is the extended nose of the aircraft to accommodate the more powerful radar. Since this was
Sukhoi Su-30MKK Russia's inventory, developed by Tikhomirov, was offered to China. However, it is highly unlikely that China will adopt this newest Russian airborne radar because all models of the Su-30 series can only provide half of the power required for the 5 kW rated radar, and currently, only Sukhoi Su-35 and Sukhoi Su-37 have enough power to support this newest Russian airborne radar. Purchasing Irbis-E phased array radar would lock China into yet another deal with Russia to upgrade its Su-30MKK fleet that would greatly increase the cost, because China currently lacks the ability to do so by itself, or is