Russia's 2nd Fifth-Generation Su-57 Fighter Will Be Put Into Service In 2020 -Manufacturer

KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th February, 2019) ON-AMUR, February 26 (Sputnik) - Russia's second mass-produced fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will be put into service in the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2020, Alexander Pekarsh, the director of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant, manufacturing the aircraft, said.

"We are working on two aircraft under the contract with the Defense Ministry, with the deadline for the delivery of the first aircraft set for 2019, and for the second aircraft for 2020," the director told reporters.

Su-57 is a stealth air superiority fighter developed by Russia's Sukhoi Company. The maiden flight of the jet was carried out in 2010.