| Role | Multirole fighter |
|---|---|
| National origin | Soviet Union Russia |
| Design group | Sukhoi |
| Built by | Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) |
| First flight | Su-27M: 28 June 1988 Su-35: 19 February 2008 |
| Status | In operational testing |
| Primary user | Russian Air Force |
| Produced | Su-27M: 1988–1995 Su-35: 2007–present |
| Number built | Su-27M: 17 (incl. an Su-35UB)[1] Su-35: 14[1] |
| Unit cost | US$40 million[2] to $65 million (estimated) |
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 21.9 m (72.9 ft)
- Wingspan: 15.3 m (50.2 ft) (with wingtip pods)
- Height: 5.90 m (19.4 ft)
- Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
- Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,570 lb)
- Loaded weight: 25,300 kg (56,660 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 34,500 kg (76,060 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Saturn 117S with TVC nozzle turbofan
- Dry thrust: 8,800 kgf (86.3 kN, 19,400 lbf) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 14,500 kgf (142 kN, 31,900 lbf) each
- Fuel capacity: 14,350 litres (3,790 US gal)
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.25 (2,390 km/h, 1,490 mph) at altitude
- Range:
- High altitude: 3,600 km (1,940 nmi)
- Ground level: 1,580 km (850 nmi)
- Ferry range: 4,500 km (2,430 nmi) with 2 external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: >280 m/s (>55,100 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 408 kg/m² (84.9 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 1.13
- Guns: 1 × 30 mm GSh-30 internal cannon with 150 rounds
- Hardpoints: 14 hardpoints, consting of 2 wingtip rails, and 12 wing and fuselage stations with a capacity of 8,000 kg (17,630 lb) of ordnance, and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets:
- Missiles:
- Vympel R-27R/ER/T/ET/EP
- Vympel R-77 – the proposed R-77M1, R-77T
- Vympel R-73E/M, and R-74M
- Kh-31A/P
- Kh-59
- Kh-29T/L
- Bombs:
- Other:
- buddy refueling pod
- Rockets:
- Irbis-E passive phased array radar
- KNIRTI SAP 14 jamming pod (centreline pylon)[38]
- KNIRTI SAP 518 jamming pod (one each on both wingtips)[38]
- OLS-35 infra-red search and track system
- Khibiny-M electronic warfare suite