It’s often difficult to get a sense of the scale of aircraft when looking at pictures of them in flight. However, when aircraft are assembled together and photographed on the ground it’s possible to ...

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/11/asd_11_14_2014_Flanker6.pdf Definition: The Sukhoi Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Su-34 and Su-35 are variants of a fourth ...

Key point: The F-35 is stealthier and more advanced, but it doesn’t perform as well in close-quarter dogfights. The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter in service today, ...

Earlier this year, Russia’s potent Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E air superiority fighter entered service with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The PLAAF is the second major air arm ...

Once touted as Russia’s premier 4.5-generation fighter, the Su-35 “Super Flanker” is taking unsustainable losses over Ukraine ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. There is renewed speculation that Iran may buy 4.5-generation ...

Sukhoi is hedging against possible delays in Russia's fifth-generation fighter program and trying to bolster a production site by pushing continued development of the Su-27M2 variant of the Flanker.

Sukhoi has unveiled a mock-up of its latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft at the MAKS-21 air show near Moscow. Called the Checkmate SU-75, it's designed as an "inexpensive" rival to the Lockheed ...

Fears that their aircraft may be impounded over financial wrangles mean neither MiG nor Sukhoi will be displaying their latest fighters at Farnborough. The move will disappoint showgoers, as ever ...

Supersonic civilian jets can be a challenge even for the wealthiest and most well-equipped global superpowers. Only the Concorde has ever been even remotely close to successful. By successful, we mean ...

Single-model product offerings are so rare in the commercial aircraft business that they usually represent a strategic miscalculation made somewhere at the beginning of an unexpectedly long ...