The 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA is a twin-engine jet fighter being developed by Sukhoi OKB for the Russian Air Force. The 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA when fully developed, is intended to be the successor to the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian inventory and serve as the basis of the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA being developed with India. A 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA fifth generation jet fighter, the T-50 performed its first flight 29 January 2010. The 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA is the prototype for PAK FA. The PAK FA is one of only a handful of stealth jet programs globally. Sukhoi director Mikhail Pogosyan has projected a market for 1,000 aircraft over the next four decades, which will be produced in a joint venture with India, 200 each for Russia and India and 600 for other countries. He has also said that 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA the Indian contribution would be in the form of joint work under the current agreement rather than as a joint venture. The Russian Defense Ministry will purchase the 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA first 10 aircraft after 2012 and then 60 after 2016. The first batch of fighters 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA will be delivered with current technology engines. Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, has projected that Vietnam will be the second export customer for the fighter. The 2012 Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA second prototype was to start its flight test by the end of 2010, but this was delayed until March 2011.
