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Russia Completes Testing of Su-57 Avionics System Upgrade

Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

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Russia Completes Testing of Su-57 Avionics System Upgrade

An Su-57 undergoes ground testing. Photo, courtesy of Sukhoi Design Bureau.

The communications, navigation and surveillance systems featured on the Su-57 are described by its developers as an integrated avionics “complex” featuring a network centric architecture with a unique approach to embedded computer processing and data transmission.Engineers from the Sukhoi Design Bureau, a design arm of the Russian Sukhoi Corporation in cooperation with Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET), provided an overview of how the systems work recently through an emailed interview with sister publication Avionics International.The Su-57 will eventually replace Russia’s multi-purpose…

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