Don’t know about Sukhoi but back when it was first revealed to the public the usual people here were claiming with utmost certainty that it most definitely will have a single piece cockpit canopy that will be fitted on one of the later prototypes
story is plain simple – before T-50 flew, insiders made some hints about absence of frameless canopy on prototype
then, among MoD solicitations was found R&D work (codenamed “Ashug”) was discovered, calling for frameless silica glass transparency development for various a/c types, including T-50
T-50 transparency parameters mentioned in paper (i.e. size of 1525×805 mm, R1=300, R2=3000 mm) and direct mentioning of ‘movable part of canopy’ in text clearly shows that there will be separate windshield and canopy, i.e. bow canopy
contract works should be finished to November, 2011 as stated in solicitation
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