At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, the exact value of the contract was announced for delivery in China of Su-35: for 24 aircraft the Chinese side will pay $2,5 billion., the magazine writes Ifeng.
By simple calculations, the author received the price of the fighter, equal $104 million. - on 10 million. more than the price of the American F-35, recognized as the most expensive aircraft.
However, he admits, that "American" sold "bare" in the base set. And the cost of the contract with Russia has entered a large number of spare parts, including engines with thrust vector control, which is an old dream of the Chinese designers.
According to the author, proprietary technology thrust vector control in China are poorly developed. But after the contract began to be carried out, in the PLA, there were two interesting events. The first of them - the installation of new engines on the J-20 fifth-generation fighter prototype (Previously, he was equipped with Soviet AL-31F from the Su-27).
The publication notes, that for the full application of J-20 Chinese power motors 10B insufficiently, and to create your own setting "Type-15" is still far. Su-35 engines fit better than others, their tractive force much more, than the American F-22.
Russian power plants not only will increase the combat capabilities of the J-20, but also bring them closer to the performance characteristics of the F-22 and F-35, according to the material.
The second development concerns the start of testing on rotary nozzles combatant fighter J-10B. And if in the near future in the PLA will be combined engine with thrust vector control "allegedly own design - it does not come as a surprise", the author concludes.