Russia is set to receive 10 new Sukhoi Su-35S multirole fighter aircraft this year, according to Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov. The ministry has ordered 50 Su-35S in 2016 to be built at Gagarin Aircraft-Building Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and delivered by 2020. Borisov stated that they will also upgrade four Su-27s to to match the Sukhoi-35 capabilities. Russia received 48 Su-35S so far under the first contract inked in 2009.
Russia’s Aerospace Force will also took delivery of 17 Sukhoi-30SMs and ten Yakovlev-130 aircraft within 2017.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)