Su-57 Stealth Fighter: News #7

Like a flying wing

Russia is testing a multimedia helmet for pilots of Su-57 fighters

Russian developers continue the process of preparing multimedia helmets for use by pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. We are talking about augmented reality helmets, which are developed primarily for pilots of the 5th generation Su-57 fighters.


Information Agency TASS with reference to the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), reports on the passing of tests of the multimedia helmet of the Su-57 pilot developed by Russian specialists. It is noted that a promising helmet will help the pilot not only control a combat vehicle, but also capture a target for subsequent attack on it with those in the arsenal. weapons.

The message says that a helmet-mounted target designation and indication system has been created, which is integrated into the Su-57 pilot's helmet. The indication is carried out on the glass of the visor of the protective helmet of a whole range of data, including flight information, the image of the space outside the cockpit of the fighter, formed by cameras and thermal imagers.

Such a helmet-mounted system will allow the pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces to carry out operations in difficult meteorological conditions, in the dark, to perform complex maneuvers.

https://en.topwar.ru/181204-v-rossii-prohodjat-ispytanija-multimedijnogo-shlema-dlja-pilotov-istrebitelej-su-57.html

Such helmets are also being developed for helicopter pilots and also armoured vehicle crew.

Even now you can get VR helmets for drone pilots that enable them to fly their drones like they are actually flying them.

The nice thing about the news IMHO is that Russia has developed first what works and then they will, step by step, implement improvements by including more and more information in the helmet, until the cockpit will be almost superfluous or a mere backup. Essentially, what a decent program manager would recommend, and completely opposite to the US approach by which first HUD is discarded and then the whole program is held hostage to helmet glitches and unreliability. I will never understand that some people don't see that this is either obvious negligence or something worse...

thegopnik wrote:Su-57 is a 6th gen aircraft. https://qr.ae/pG8P14 change my mind.

Very interesting reading

The nice thing about the news IMHO is that Russia has developed first what works and then they will, step by step, implement improvements by including more and more information in the helmet, until the cockpit will be almost superfluous or a mere backup. Essentially, what a decent program manager would recommend, and completely opposite to the US approach by which first HUD is discarded and then the whole program is held hostage to helmet glitches and unreliability. I will never understand that some people don't see that this is either obvious negligence or something worse...

They have the same method to foreign policy... don't like the decision an anti Russian Ukrainian president makes... overthrow him and break the country and see what happens. Don't like Assad or Gaddafi or Saddam... get some terrorists to try to murder them and break their countries and see how it turns out.

Their luck so far has been awful if you look at it critically, but they keep doing the same thing over and over and over.

Man' I don't which is hotter or sexyrirer than these two!  Gimme two of each.

GarryB wrote:Their luck so far has been awful if you look at it critically, but they keep doing the same thing over and over and over.

I think they very much succeed in destroying and looting countries, their effectiveness is like, you know, if they were not fully sincere about their humanitarian concerns, or about manufacturing cheap effective armament for that matter

Yes, it is sad that they are so evil and unfeeling as to believe all that death and destruction for a chance to make things better for them is an OK thing to do, but I do find heart in the fact that they are so stupid... and assume everyone else is too.

Gomig-21 wrote:

Why didn't I realise that (F-)22 plus (F-)35 = (Su-)57?

Nicely trolled

What a gorgeous plane:


I am watching modern planes at take off and the PAK-FA is the only one among those with conventional wing that does it without even deploying flaps, I have to assume its aero is simply way ahead of the competition.

Sukhoi KB received a patent for the Su-57 at the China Patent Office (SIPO) This means that it will not be possible in China to create a plane similar to the Su-57 without the patent holder's permission.

Backman wrote:Sukhoi KB received a patent for the Su-57 at the China Patent Office (SIPO) This means that it will not be possible in China to create a plane similar to the Su-57 without the patent holder's permission.

In the US there are limitations on patents. The US Military can ignore any patents they want.
I doubt the same isn't true in China.

China ~= US

Is it normal that I am starting to feel sorry for the USAF?

This is the final blow towards the "round IRST bad" rethoric

Is the second serial production plane expected later this year?

Atmosphere wrote:This is the final blow towards the "round IRST bad" rethoric

AFAIK KF-X doesn't have internal weapons bays, so its RCS reduction is minimal.

bren_tann wrote:Is the second serial production plane expected later this year?

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

LMFS wrote:

Is it normal that I am starting to feel sorry for the USAF?

Is this the serial production aircraft?

It's the same with people who think diverterless intakes should be put on everything. One of the first responses I've seen elsewhere was concern that the kfx doesn't have dsi. Ridiculous.