“Now the tests are underway with the engine of the second stage, according to which there is a separate program. Let me remind you that the aircraft will be able to use a large number of new weapons, some of which have already been created, and some are still being developed. Under the new functions, new tasks of the test will continue, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the Russian Aerospace Forces stated that Su-57 fighters could be equipped with Dagger missile systems after 2030.
On November 8, the deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Alexei Krivoruchko, announced that the Russian Air Force would receive the first serial Su-57 fighter before the end of 2019.