Il-76 NK-93 platform:
http://russianplanes.net/images/to59000/058476.jpg

Superjet SAM-146 platform:
http://russianplanes.net/images/to59000/058479.jpg

The FGFA should have full stealth nozzles. I think IAF will make that clear, otherwise its just a painted PAK FA.

FGFA won’t have nozzles any stealthier than PAK-FA in all likelyness.

And that is ok, because believe it or not Sukhoi and RuAF are both very concerned with RCS.

What is the flanker-ski?

I actually have this feeling that the French while perhaps having the best product in Rafale, really suck at negotiating these deals.

Given how desperate they have been to export the plane, and the utter lack of exports, I suspect something else.

Err, any link on how radar is used for IFF? I am pretty ignorant on this matter 😮

“В журнале “Взлет” 11.10 интервью с директором НИИП им. Тихомирова Ю. Белым. Касаются темы создания АФАр для ПАК ФА. Разговор, в частности, идет о пяти АФАР, планируемых к установке на каждый самолет. Основная (Х-диапазон, передняя), две боковых (с такими ППМ, как на основной, но с меньшим их кол-вом) и две крылевых L-диапазона. “

So what is this about?

any idea if Russian fixed wing jets will get the same paint job? or is it just helicopters?

No clue, I have a hard time imagining such a dark scheme for fast jets. But that Mi-28 looks ace, and this scheme would certainly look better than the current Su-34 one.

http://www.armstass.su/?page=article&aid=100636&cid=24

Flight testing of third PAK-FA flying example, equipped with the onboard radar system, likely to begin before the end of the year.

“В состав ВМИРС истребителя 5-го поколения входят пять радиолокационных постов. “
Plane contains 5 radar emplacements.

Currently there are 3 test stands with the AESA intended for the aircraft.