The Russian Air Force (VVS) will have received 55 Sukhoi PAK-FA (T-50) fighter aircraft by 2020, according to Vladislav Goncharenko, the deputy director of the United Aircraft Corporation's (UAC's) combat aircraft department.
The first PAK-FA deliveries are scheduled for 2016.
"The number of prototypes is increasing; the state trial programme is being conducted as per schedule," Goncharenko told Echo of Moscow Radio on 16 December.
Five PAK-FAs have been produced and three more are now being constructed at the Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company Y.A.Gagarin in Komsomolsk-on-Amur (KnAAZ).
Goncharenko said new surveillance and combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) will also be supplied by 2018.
UAC is conducted far-reaching activities in this area, he added.
"We are working on UAVs, and some vehicles in flyaway condition have been made: not only reconnaissance UAVs, which allow [forces] to conduct surveillance on the battlefield but, first of all, heavy combat and reconnaissance systems based on unmanned aerial vehicles," he said.
Russia's MoD has signed a contract with UAC to conduct design work on the tactical military transport aircraft (MTA) Il-112V, he added.
"This year we have signed the contract to conduct design work on the tactical MTA Il-112V. The launch of the aircraft is scheduled for 2018," he said.
The Il-112V is intended to replace the ageing An-24 ('Coke') and An-26 ('Curl"). With a payload of about 6 tonnes, the aircraft will be able to transport military personnel, light vehicles, and armaments.
In late 2013 Deputy Defence Minister Yury Borisov announced that the State Defence Order (Gozoboronzakaz/GOZ) for 2014 included RUB7.9 billion (USD120 million) for finishing Il-112V design works. According to the actual armaments procurement programme, 62 Il-112Vs are to replace the ageing An-26s.
Under the GOZ, UAC plans to produce and supply to the Russian armed forces 105 aircraft. "There is a dead certainty that GOZ-2014 will be realised in full," said Goncharenko. "GOZ-2015 exceeds even these numbers and involves more than 105 aircraft."
In 2011, 19 aircraft were delivered and each year since the number of supplied planes has doubled. In 2013 UAC delivered to the Russian armed forces 68 combat and training aircraft and one MTA.
"This year we plan to supply approximately 100 combat, MTA, and special aircraft. We have already accomplished 80% of the delivery schedule," he added.
UAC has also launched long-range aviation (LRA) and military transport aircraft modernisation programmes. According to the terms of contracts with Tupolev, work on Tu-22M3 ('Backfire C'), Tu-95MS ('Bear H'), and Tu-160 ('Blackjack') upgrades has started. "We have upgraded 10 LRA aircraft pursuant to our 2014 plans," said Goncharenko.
The most sensitive elements and airborne avionics systems of the bombers are to be replaced during the modernisation programme, which will also provide the ability to deploy new air-to-surface weapons.
In transport aviation, Goncharenko said the Il-76 'Candid' to Il-76MDM modernisation programme has been launched.
"Now we are conducting design works that are to be finished in 2016. In 2017 the existing Il-76 upgrade programme will be launched," he said.
The Il-76MDM will be equipped with fully upgraded aircraft avionics.
"The contract to provide 39 Il-76MD-90A until 2020 is also signed with the Russian MoD. The first aircraft will be supplied to the Russian armed forces this year," added Goncharenko.
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