Flies at twice the speed of sound and has a range of 1,900 miles
Design: Shaped airframe contours and use of stealth coatings intended to make aircraft less visible to radar
Sensors: Include active electronically scanned array radar and electro- optical targeting system
Twin
tailfins
Thrust-vectoring
nozzles
30mm cannon
Weapon load: Six carried in ventral and wing root bays, plus six fitted externally for non-stealth missions
Engines: Two NPO Saturn Type 117 afterburning turbofans, to be replaced by more powerful Type 30
FIFTH-GENERATION STEALTH FIGHTERS
Sukhoi
Su-57
Russia
Lockheed
Martin F-22
U.S.
Length: 22m
18.9m
Empty weight: 18,000kg
19,700kg
Internal fuel: 10,300kg
8,200kg
Maximum speed: Mach 2
Mach 2
Service entry: 2019
2005
Lockheed
Martin F-35B
U.S.
Chengdu
J-20
China
Length: 15.6m
20.4m
Empty weight: 14,650kg
19,400kg
Internal fuel: 6,125kg
11,340kg
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6
Mach 1.7
Service entry: 2015
2018
Flies at twice the speed of sound and has a range of 1,900 miles
SUKHOI SU-57
(PAK FA / T-50)
Design: Shaped airframe
contours and use of stealth
coatings intended to make
aircraft less visible to radar
Sensors: Include active
electronically scanned
array radar and electro-
optical targeting system
Twin
tailfins
Thrust-vectoring
nozzles
30mm cannon
Engines: Two NPO Saturn Type 117
afterburning turbofans, to be replaced
by more powerful Type 30
Weapon load: Six carried in ventral
and wing root bays, plus six fitted
externally for non-stealth missions
FIFTH-GENERATION STEALTH FIGHTERS
Sukhoi
Su-57
Russia
Lockheed
Martin F-22
U.S.
Lockheed
Martin F-35B
U.S.
Chengdu
J-20
China
Length: 22m
18.9m
15.6m
20.4m
Empty weight: 18,000kg
19,700kg
14,650kg
19,400kg
Internal fuel: 10,300kg
8,200kg
6,125kg
11,340kg
Maximum speed: Mach 2
Mach 2
Mach 1.6
Mach 1.7
Service entry: 2019
2005
2015
2018
Flies at twice the speed of sound and has a range of 1,900 miles
SUKHOI SU-57
(PAK FA / T-50)
Design: Shaped airframe contours and
use of stealth coatings intended to
make aircraft less visible to radar
Sensors: Include active electronically
scanned array radar and electro-optical
targeting system
Twin
tailfins
Thrust-vectoring
nozzles
30mm cannon
Engines: Two NPO Saturn Type 117 afterburning
turbofans, to be replaced by more powerful Type 30
Weapon load: Six carried in ventral and wing root bays,
plus six fitted externally for non-stealth missions
FIFTH-GENERATION STEALTH FIGHTERS
Sukhoi
Su-57
Russia
Lockheed
Martin F-22
U.S.
Lockheed
Martin F-35B
U.S.
Chengdu
J-20
China
Length: 22m
18.9m
15.6m
20.4m
Empty weight: 18,000kg
19,700kg
14,650kg
19,400kg
Internal fuel: 10,300kg
8,200kg
6,125kg
11,340kg
Maximum speed: Mach 2
Mach 2
Mach 1.6
Mach 1.7
Service entry: 2019
2005
2015
2018
SOURCE: AVIATION WEEK, BUSINESS INSIDER, GLOBAL SECURITY, LOCKHEED MARTIN, GRAPHIC NEWS