Fundamentals ain’t worth much.. All that matters is implementation of details. Materials, RAM coiatings, internals, blockers… Do you have any information about these? I doubt it..

If I was an eyeball RCS analyst like yourself, I would say that the F-35 clearly did not place much emphasis on reducing its RCS, either.. Round engine nacelle, round exhaust nozzle, lots of bulges on the underside, not exactly a stealthy design if you ask me..

Of course fundamentals matter. They sort an aircraft into a general performance category. How do we know the PAK FA is a better kinematic performer than an F-35? Fundamentals.

How do we know the PAK FA is less stealthy than its 5th generation rivals? Fundamentals.

AMCA design evolution till now:

So basically the more they work on it the closer they get to the J-31, itself heavily patterned on the F-35…

On Sept. 7, the first F-35A assembled outside the US, made its very first flight from Cameri airbase.

The aircraft, designated AL-1, is the first of eight aircraft currently being assembled at the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility at Cameri, in northwestern Italy. As already explained in a previous post, the FACO will assemble the first Italian F-35As and the remaining F-35A and F-35B for the Italian Air Force and Navy, and build F-35A for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

http://theaviationist.com/2015/09/07/first-international-f-35-makes-first-flight/

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The old and the new together…

its fully possible if meteor get integrated on F-35 and Su-35 dont get an equivalent integrated

Though I don’t want to further propagate this worn out exercise, Meteor on an Su-35 wouldn’t make much difference against an F-35. That is what a lot of the F-35 haters don’t seem to get… advancing missile technology favors the F-35 against any 4th generation aircraft because the F-35 is capable of taking advantage of the increased range/speed of the new weapons while the 4th generation aircraft remain constrained by their ability to detect an F-35.

I would say it has.
The timing and technical challange Russia IRKUTS faced has contributing a great deal for further prospect of their Flankers Product. On a pure R%D Level too.

The MKI deal With India came at a time when Russia couldn’t order anything for domestic use.

Exactly, it was and is a huge source of revenue for industries that badly needed it. If India orders 200+ PAK FA’s then that would be a giant win for the program. If on the other hand India backs out of the program or defers their orders, then there goes roughly half of the PAK FA’s orders, no small blow to a program in its nascent phase.

This is just common sense, which doesn’t appear to be evident in some here.

Not sure why you would engage Msphere and his flanker love obsession. I’d let him wither on the vine now that his foil and equal lukos is gone.

Indeed…

The IAF purchase of the FGFA seems to be taking the route of the Rafale deal. Says nothing of the capability of the finished product (which will be a fine aircraft in 5-8 years). The procurement process of the MoD is, on the other hand in need of an overhaul.

Time, not Indian funding are key to the pak-fa project. The question is: what will the FGFA program for India include, and what offsets India will demand ? The Rafale deal gives a clue that negotiations will not be easy.

Given enough time Russia can complete the PAK FA. What I wonder about is whether there will be money available to produce it in numbers that won’t leave the Russian force structure a hollow shell. This is a variation of some of the same things critics have said about the F-22 and F-35 of course, but in Russia’s case the argument has a lot more weight. The US and most of those buying the F-35 aren’t in the midst of an economic crisis.

But it was! And he actually flew the fecking thing – and he isn’t an employee of LM…;)

It does make it harder for the F-35 haters when they are forced to slander actual operational pilots from various forces. Things are only going to get worse for them it seems…

Colonel Albert De Smit, commander of the Netherlands operational test detachment, said the testing sought to validate that the new fifth-generation F-35s could share useable data with older F-16s and aerial refueling aircraft via the Link 16 system.

He said the results showed that during combat, the F-35 could help relay key targeting, surveillance and other data to less capable F-16s and other planes, in much the same way that the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter jets work with older aircraft.

“The amount of information that we can share is very promising,” De Smit said in a telephone interview this week. “It provides fourth generation aircraft with information that they normally would not have … It looks like they’re going to be able to execute a better mission” if used together with F-35 jets.

He added that it could take months to fully evaluate the results of the tests, which involved two to three Dutch and British F-35s, as well as Dutch F-16s, refueling planes and a small fleet of A-4 Skyhawks posing as enemy aircraft.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/28/lockheed-fighter-netherlands-idUSL1N11310720150828

The tests included Dutch and UK F-35s, in addition to Dutch F-16s, a tanker, and some A-4s. 😎