PAK FA STATION RECEIVED THE LATEST ELECTRONIC WARFARE "HIMALAYA"

04/24/2014 MILITARY-INDUSTRY



Stavropol radiozavod "Signal", belongs to the Concern "Radio-electronic technology" (KRET) soon put the first station of electronic warfare "Himalaya" for the fifth generation fighter T-50 (PAK FA project).

According to plans of the Russian Air Force serial supplies a fifth generation fighter T-50 will begin in 2016, and the station of electronic warfare is one of the key elements of the project. Last winter, the Air Force received the first T-50 test. So far, only one country in the world is armed with a fifth generation fighter - U.S. F-22 and F-35.

"We are engaged in manufacturing station" Himalaya ". The first samples we already do, "- said Thursday RIA Novosti CEO Alexander Logvinov plant.

Electronic warfare systems for the T-50 have a much smaller size than the previous generation station: "There are several different ideology."

As reported, the T-50 will receive a unique aviation systems and units that will reduce the total weight of the aircraft, while increasing service life.
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