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The KB SAT SR-10 is a prototype Russian single-engine jet trainer aircraft, fitted with forward-swept wings. It first flew in 2015 and is being offered to the
The Russian design bureau KB SAT (''Sovremyenne Aviatsyonne Tekhnologii'' – Modern Aircraft Technologies) began work on a single-engine jet trainer and sport aircraft, the SR-10, in 2007, displaying a mockup at the
"New Russian forward-swept wing jet trainer has made its first flight. And here’s the video"
''The Aviationist''. 2 January 2016.
KB-SAT official site
(in Russian) 2010s Russian military trainer aircraft Aircraft first flown in 2015 Forward-swept-wing aircraft
Russian Air Force
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and for export.
Design and development
The Russian design bureau KB SAT (''Sovremyenne Aviatsyonne Tekhnologii'' – Modern Aircraft Technologies) began work on a single-engine jet trainer and sport aircraft, the SR-10, in 2007, displaying a mockup at the MAKS airshow
MAKS (russian: МАКС, russian: label=short for, Международный авиационно-космический салон, Mezhdunarodnyj aviatsionno-kosmicheskij salon, "International Aviation and Space Show") is an international air ...
at Zhukovsky in August 2009. The SR-10 is a mid-wing monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
of all-composite
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Materials
* Composite material, a material that is made from several different substances
** Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts
** Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials
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construction, with a wing swept forward at an angle of 10 degrees. The crew of two sit in a tandem cockpit. It is powered by a single turbofan, with an Ivchenko AI-25
The Ivchenko AI-25 is a family of military and civilian twin-shaft medium bypass turbofan engines developed by Ivchenko OKB of the Soviet Union. It was the first bypass engine ever used on short haul aircraft in the USSR.
The engine is still p ...
V AI25TSR (modification of AI25TL) fitted in the prototype, but more modern Russian engines, such as the NPO Saturn AL-55
The NPO Saturn AL-55 is a high performance turbofan engine manufactured by NPO Saturn Russia, for powering advanced trainers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and light attack aircraft. A variant of the AL-55I powers the HAL HJT-36 Sitara Indian jet ...
were proposed for production aircraft.Butowski 2016, p. 15.
The SR-10 was offered to meet a 2014 requirement for a basic trainer for the Russian Air force, but was rejected in favour of the Yakovlev
The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau (russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport D ...
Yak-152
The Yakovlev Yak-152 is a Russian primary trainer aircraft from the Yakovlev Design Bureau, part of the Irkut Corporation. The prototype Yak-152 first flew on 29 September 2016, powered by a RED A03 diesel engine, rated at . The aircraft has ...
, a piston-engined trainer. Despite this setback, KB SAT continued to develop the SR-10, proposing it as an intermediate trainer between the Yak-152 and the Yak-130
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a potential light attack ...
advanced jet trainer and for export. The first prototype SR-10 made its maiden flight on 25 December 2015.
In July 2017, KB SAT announced that it had developed an unmanned variant of the aircraft named the AR-10 Argument.
In September 2018, according to media reports, the Russian government failed to allocate funds to start production of SR-10 for the Russian Air Force
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and as a result KB SAT suspended all work on the project.
On September 19, 2020 SR-10 took part in the "Russian Aviation Race", held at the Oreshkovo airfield (Kaluga oblast
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Specifications (SR-10)
See also
References
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{{commons category, SAT SR-10"New Russian forward-swept wing jet trainer has made its first flight. And here’s the video"
''The Aviationist''. 2 January 2016.
KB-SAT official site
(in Russian) 2010s Russian military trainer aircraft Aircraft first flown in 2015 Forward-swept-wing aircraft