PAK-FA / Sukhoi Su-57 - Updates and Discussions

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With Russia, things are slighlty different. Most high-end weapons we have procured from Russia, post cold war, was always under US scrutiny or sanctions threat. Yet they came directly in a Gov-to-Gov deal without any RFP. Su-57, is no different. It may come too without any RFP as Doval-Shugayev meet has taken the talks to the next/final level.

Now, will IAF test it? Sure, that's why Su-57D exists. Wait for some time and more things would become clear.

Yes, Rafale 2.0 is going to take a while to be signed. Perhaps not until the end of FY 26. AHQ will move the Su-57 file to MoD only after that.

Commercial and technical discussions will take another year or two to be firmed up. Long enough for Trump 2.0 (and his tarrif/sanctions threat) to go bye bye. If the Dems return to power in 2028 though, they might have even less incentive to bring the Ukraine Russia war to an end.