The Sukhoi Su-47 was one of Russia’s most daring fighter experiments, using forward-swept wings, advanced composites, and ...

Key Idea: This plane never went to war–but inspired Russian aviation dramatically. In 1996, the March/April issue of Russian military periodical Air Fleet Bulletin published an innocuous-seeming photo ...

While the awesome-looking Berkut never evolved into a production fighter, it still played a useful role testing new technologies—and coincidentally, revealed how external observers could be quick to ...

According to Sergey Bogdan, the technological solutions used in the development of the Berkut cargo compartments were later successfully applied in the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter MOSCOW, April 29.

Key Points - The Russian Su-47 "Berkut," an experimental fighter jet from the late 1990s, featured a distinctive forward-swept wing design aimed at achieving superior maneuverability, particularly at ...