Recent imagery has unveiled the inner workings of the Su-57 Felon’s weapons bay, providing a detailed look at its internal structure during ground operations at a Russian airbase. This follows earlier ...

Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Su-57 began life powered by the AL-41F1/117S, a deeply modernized Su-27 engine used as a stopgap while a true 5th-generation powerplant was developed. -That engine, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. A Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter aircraft flies ...

Washington’s analysts constantly judge the Su-57 through an F-22 or F-35 lens. Russia doesn’t fight that way. Their defense strategy—as seen in Ukraine thus far—is fundamentally one of attrition: ...

The open weapon bay appears to show two weapons stations, which can hold either two air-to-air or air-to-ground weapons. Another similar weapon bay lies ahead, between the air intakes, and two side ...