Export aircraft under testing in Russia

More than 10 Combat Airplanes and Helicopters Undergoing Tests in Russia At the present time tests are under way in Russia of 13 examples of military aviation equipment, an informed source at the Ministry of Defense reported to Interfax-AVN on Thursday.

“These, in particular, are the airplanes Su-30MKI, Su-30MKK, Su-24MK (developed in accordance with state contracts for a foreign customer), the Su-30KN (an initiative development of the Irkutsk Aviation Production Association), the Su-27IB, the Su-27UBM and the Su-25TM, upgraded according to air force requirements,” the agency source said.

The Mi-8MTKO, Mi-24VK-1, Mi-24PK-2, Mi-24PN, Ka-50 and Ka-52 helicopters also are being tested, he reported.

Execution of the test programs at this time consists of:

The Su-30MKK – 100 percent;

Su-30MKI – 30 percent (the supermaneuverability regime with the aid of controllable thrust vectoring has been realized and the precision characteristics of the use of NAR – non-guided aerial rockets and aerial bombs have been defined);

Su-30KN – 50 percent (the “air-surface” regime of the radar has been realized, the possibility of use of guided air-to-surface missiles has been evaluated, the NAR, navigation with updates from the SNS – ground tracking stations, and use of the Kh-31A missiles against surface targets have been executed);

the Su-27IB – 30 percent (navigational modes, the use of NAR and aerial bombs, and the performance parameters have been evaluated);

Su-27UBM – 45 percent (composition of equipment corresponds to the Su-30KN);

Su-24MK – 30 percent (navigation regimes from the SNS, precision characteristics of the use of NAR and aerial bombs and also the performance parameters have been evaluated);

Su-25TM – 25 percent (basic combat regimes were tested during state tests of the Su-25T, the experimental service at the Lipetsk Center for the Combat Use and Retraining of Flying Personnel of Tactical Aviation and of the Su-25T airplane in the North Caucuses.)

The volume of the execution of the test programs of the Mi-8MTKO, and also Mi-24VK-1 and Mi-24PK-2 helicopters, in which the composition of the equipment corresponds to the Mi-8MTKO is 100 percent; Mi-24PN – 20 percent (navigation regimes have been evaluated); Ka-52 – 10 percent (performance parameters have been evaluated); the agency source reported.

Source: 03.10.02, Interfax-AVN

* Can somebody pl explain what are those percentage figures??