Photo: United Aircraft Corporation
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant named after Yury Gagarin, United Aircraft Corporation, has manufactured and delivered the first batch of the new Su-35S multirole fighters to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation according to the current year program.
Generation 4++ aircraft have passed a ground and flight test cycle in various operating conditions and have flown from KoAAP’s airfield to their duty location.
The Su‑35S is designed to seize control of airspace, destroy ground and surface targets in day and night time in favorable and severe weather conditions at long distances from the home airfield. The aircraft is a transition to the fifth generation aircraft. Propulsion based on new thrust vectoring engines with digital control system provides considerable improvement of flight and maneuvering performance.
At this point, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant named after Yury Gagarin is provided with job orders till 2028, inclusive. The company continues fulfilling the state defence procurement program by supplying the Su-35S and Su-57 for the Russian Aerospace Force, the work on important Russian aviation industry development projects is underway in co-operation with Rostec companies.
Production capacity growth raises questions with KoAAP regrading professional development of the current personnel and involvement of new key engineers and blue-collar workers. The number of aircraft manufacturing personnel shall grow by another 800 people by the end of 2024.
