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Russia continues quest for sixth-generation fighter

30th September 2020 - 11:45 GMT | by Eugene Gerden in St Petersburg

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Recent public remarks from Anatoly Serdyukov, head of the aviation cluster in Russian defence conglomerate Rostec, indicate that a sixth-generation fighter aircraft for Russia will be jointly designed by Mikoyan and Sukhoi.    

Serdyukov said that negotiations are ongoing and a final decision will probably emerge before the end of 2020.

Combining two of the leading aerospace design bureaus may reflect renewed determination from the Russian government to develop a sixth-generation aircraft to rival the Future Combat Air System in mainland Europe, Tempest in the UK and Next-Generation Air Dominance in the US.

Russian officials originally proposed such an aircraft as

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