Official name: SU-47 Berkut.
Manufactured: Sukhoi (Russia).
Type: Technology demonstrator.
Propulsion: Pair of Lyulka AL-37FU turbofan engines.
Maximum speed: 1,552 mph (Mach 2.34).
Service ceiling: 59,050 feet.
Range: 2,050 miles.
Empty weight: 36,100 pounds.
Loaded weight: 55,115 pounds.
Maximum takeoff weight: 77,162 pounds.
Wingspan: 54′ 9”.
Length: 74′ 2”.
Height: 20′ 8”.
Wing area: 666 ft².
Weaponry: 30 mm cannon and 14 hardpoints for a variety of air-air and air-ground missile combinations.
Development Status: Developed only as an experiment to pave the way toward Russia’s future generation 5 fighter. However, it has been shopped to foreign entities as a potential production fighter.
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Official name: X-32A/B Joint Strike Fighter.
Manufactured: Boeing (USA).
Type: Multi-purpose fighter.
Propulsion: Single Pratt & Whitney F135 engine.
Maximum speed: 1,200 mph (Mach 1.6).
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft.
Range: About 1,300 km, depending on the version.
Empty weight: 22,046 lbs.
Loaded weight: 38,000 lbs.
Maximum takeoff weight: 50,000 lbs.
Wingspan: 36 feet.
Length: 50.77 feet.
Height: 5.28 m.
Weaponry: 20 or 27 mm cannon and 6 AMRAAM missiles internally with an additional 15,000 pounds of weapons carried externally.
Development Status: Lost to Lockheed Martin’s X-35 in the huge Joint Strike Fighter competition that will service all branches of the military except the army.
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