OREANDA-NEWS. September 26, 2012. Su-30SM multirole fighter developed by JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau and designed for the Russian Ministry of Defence keeps on performing test flights at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant – branch of JSC IRKUT Corporation (a part of United Aircraft Corporation).

The first Su-30SM aircraft performed its maiden flight on September 21.

The second Su-30SM aircraft has joined flight tests on September 25. Today, the flight lasted for 1 hour 40 minutes and passed flawlessly. The aircraft was piloted by JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau’ test-pilots:
Crew commander Sergey Kostin – 1st class test-pilot;
Navigator Pavel Malovechko – honored test-navigator of the RF.

Su-30SM multirole fighter is the further development of the Su-30MK combat aircraft family. JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau’ specialists designed the fighter in accordance with the requirements of the Russian Air Force in terms of radar system, radio and recognition system, ejection seats and a number of support systems. The weaponry configuration was changed as well. The contract on 30 multirole fighters’ delivery by 2015 was signed between the Russian Ministry of Defence and JSC IRKUT Corporation in March 2012.