In the past few months, Russia has been aggressively pitching the Su-57 stealth fighter to India, particularly since the jet's appearance at Aero India 2025 in Bengaluru. Moscow has offered extensive technology transfer, local production in partnership with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and integration of Indian-made weapons into the aircraft. As exporting a fifth-generation aircraft is being seen as a stopgap measure, while India develops its own programme, Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), Russia has even expressed willingness to support the country's indigenous fifth-generation fighter ambitions.
Now, according to media reports, images appeared on the Telegram channel, Fighterbomber, run by military aviation blogger Ilya Tumanov, considered to be a reliable source of Russian tactical aviation and who has close ties with the Russian Aerospace Forces, have shown a two-seat version of the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 Felon, which is primarily aimed at exporting.
Sukhoi Su-57 is traditionally a single-seat aircraft. However, according to a report in The War Zone, a redesigned forward fuselage featuring a tandem two-seat cockpit configuration, resembling that of the Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker family, is one of the major features of the aircraft that was seen in the Telegram images.
19/05/2026 Jose K George/The Week
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