Russia's Sukhoi T-50 (PAK-FA) fighter will complete factory trials by the end of 2013 and then begin state testing, the commander of the Russian Air Force, Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev, has said.
State tests of the T-50 will take three years, at which point the Ministry of Defence will decide whether to accept it into service, Gen Bondarev told Russian magazine Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer .
Gen Bondarev also provided details on procurement of an interceptor to replace the Mikoyan MiG-31 'Foxhound'. The Sukhoi Su-35 'Flanker E' will be outfitted with modern air-to-air missiles by 2015 and, together with the T-50, will fulfil the air superiority mission, according to the general.
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