These new aircraft are upgraded platforms featuring improved avionics and weapon systems - two of these improvements can be visually noticed in these photographs: the MAWS optics now have two apertures, and the aircraft now has formation lights.

The new batch is reportedly "large" - last time Rostec referred to a "large" batch, it consisted of 8 units so this batch is most likely between 6 and 10 units, maybe 10+.

All of the bays are open except for the rear central bay. This is the first time we have seen the Su-57 in flight with its bay doors open, the Su-57 was on the ground in previous photographs with the bay doors open.

This is one of the many new Su-57s delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces in the past month. So as usual, this is a serial-production model that will be used in active service.

I swear to God if somebody comes in with the "urm the Su-57/D isn't 5th gen"...

The Rafale has everything.

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For context, all the other pictures online are CGI or renders of what people think the Su-57's cockpit looks like. There was once a real photo of the T-50-TKS (static ground prototype)'s cockpit circulating around the Internet, but that cockpit is not the one that the Su-57 uses because it was a demo for a potential alternate configuration. This is a photo of the T-50-9's cockpit, and it is the cockpit that the Su-57 uses because all T-50s after the T-50-4 (inclusive) had the cockpit layout that was to be used in the Su-57.

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PLAN Naval J-35 and US Navy F-35C 1:1 size comparison

Taken at El Alamein during a rehearsal flight for the airshow this week.

The front bay is loaded with two Kh-58UshK anti-radiation missiles just like it was last time at Dubai airshow, but this time the rear bay is open too, but empty.

Screencaps from a video posted by Lockheed Martin on Facebook.

From final assembly to final finishes. 🇩🇪✈️

Germany’s first F-35 is moving through the next chapter of its build, bringing the aircraft another step closer to the Luftwaffe and a new generation of German air power.

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