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Jan. 29: In this image made from a TV screen and provided by APTN, a Russian-made Sukhoi T-50 prototype fifth-generation fighter jet is seen during a test flight near the Siberian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia.![Sukhoi T-50]()
If the Sukhoi T-50 prototype goes into production, it will be the first major new aircraft design built in post-Soviet Russia. Officials have expressed hope that the T-50 will enter service in 2015.![Sukhoi T-50]()
Friday's successful test of the plane, developed in partnership with India, comes as a relief to Russian government officials. A series of failures on high-profile weapons projects has blighted Russia's attempts to modernize its rusting arsenals.![Sukhoi T50]()
The specifications and design of Russia's new fighter have keep secret, and Friday's statement offered few details. Aviation officials have said the new craft will meet the fifth-generation requirements, including a supersonic cruising speed.Russia's Sukhoi T-50 Challenges U.S. Jet
Russian officials have spent two decades trying to build the so-called fifth-generation fighter and hope the T-50 can challenge the U.S. F-22 Raptor. The Russian project has been veiled in secrecy and no pictures of it had been released before the maiden flight.
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