December 10, 2020
After the heavyweight stealth fighter jet, Sukhoi Su-57, Russia is set to build another fifth-generation light- and medium-class combat aircraft to complement the first one. And it will offer a cheaper alternative to the US F-16.
The new fighter will be a piloted and unmanned stealth jet. It would be suitable for countries looking for cheaper versions of modern and stealthy four plus or fifth-generation fighter jets like F-16.
Rostec, a state-owned conglomerate, said the work is already underway for the light single-engine fifth-generation fighter for Russia’s Aerospace Force. “Under the design, this may be a universal platform in the manned and unmanned versions,” Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov told the Russian news agency,