VERSIONS – T10S, Su-27, P, SK, SMK, SM, SM(3), SKM, S1M, P1M
Details as Su-27 Batch 17
unless otherwise indicated,
Su-27 – VVS version,
Su-27P – PVO version
Fin anti-flutter weight deleted
from Batch 25, later deleted
from earlier batches
1 x additional outboard wing pylon
to each wing on later aircraft
ILS-31 HUD
Phazotron N001 Mech pulse Doppler radar,
upgraded on later production airframes
OLS-27 IRST/LR optoelectronic
targeting system in fairing
Additional
APP-50 chaff/
flare dispensers
Tail 'stinger' side fairings extended (Batch 19 onwards)
Reinforced landing gear on later airframes
Su-27P avionics: similar to Su-27 with Biryuza secure command link
Su-27/Su-27P
(Batch 18 onwards)
(Flanker B)
Indonesian export version, details as Su-27
(later batches) unless otherwise indicated
Enhanced N001 radar
with ground mapping
Retractable IFR (In-Flight Refuelling) probe
ORS-27MK IRST/LR
optoelectronic targeting
system offset to starboard
SILS-27ME HUD
Avionics: New SUV-VEP1 WCS with SUV-P-E
air-to-surface WCS, BTsVM-486-2M processor,
SUO-30KR-E FCS, PNK-10-03 flight/nav suite,
A-737-010 SATNAV
Revised 'glass'
cockpit
Enhanced air-to-surface weapons capability
Revised
ECM/ESM
systems
Su-27SKM
Phazotron N001E pulse Doppler radar, later N001P (China)
Weapons load increased
to 8,000 kg (17,637 lb)
Downgraded avionics (A-737 SATNAV on later airframes)
Reinforced landing gear
L203 or L204
wingtip ECM
pods available
Export version, details as Su-27 (early batches) unless otherwise indicated
Su-27SK
Details as Su-27SM unless otherwise indicated
Revised N001 radar
2 x Lyul'ka AL-31F-M1 afterburning turbofans
Revised avionics with 'glass' cockpit
Reinforced airframe
Reinforced landing gear
Additional antennas
1 x additional underwing pylon with twin
launch rails (totalling 14 hardpoints)
12 new build
with upgrades
to early low-
time Su-27
airframes
Upgraded
ECM/ESM
systems
Su-27SM(3)
Raked fin caps
R-864 radio dielectric
antenna on starboard fin
Details as T10-17 unless
otherwise indicated
Rear fuselage No.4
fuel tank split in two
forming No.4 and
No.5 tanks
Strengthened
fuselage
Fin anti-flutter weight deleted
from Batch 25, later deleted
from early batches
Phazotron N001 Mech pulse Doppler radar
ORS-27 IRST/LR optoelectronic
targeting system in fairing
PTK-10SK brake chutes fitted
SRO-2 'Odd
Rods' IFF
antennas
SRO-2 Odd Rods'
IFF antennas
Revised instrument panel
(Batch 10 onwards)
Strengthened
wings (Batch
16 onwards)
Revised windshield
(Batch 17 onwards)
SPO-15LM ESM antenna fairing
Avionics: updated PNK-10-01 nav suite
(Batch 16 onwards) with SAU-10-01
autopilot, updated A-313 computer,
IK-VK-80-6 AHRS, SPO-15LM Beryoza
RHAWS, Shchel'-3UM HMCS (Helmet-
Mounted Cueing System)
L005S Sorbtsiya-S active ECM pods can be
fitted to wingtips instead of missile rails
Su-27 (to Batch 17)
(Flanker B)
Multi-role fighter update for Russian Air Force, details as Su-27/Su-27P Batch 18 onwards) unless otherwise indicated
OLS-27MK optoelectronic targeting
system/fairing offset to starboard
SPO-15LM ESM antenna
fairing deleted
54 x Su-27 airframes upgraded by KnAAPO, Komsomol'sk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai,
Russia between 2002-09
Avionics: as Su-27/-27P with modified SUV-V
air-to-air WCS, additional SUV-P-R air-to-
surface WCS, L150-27.2 Pastel' ESM system
Su-27SM
Details as T10-17 unless otherwise indicated
Phazotron N001 Mech
pulse Doppler radar
ORS-27 IRST/LR optoelectronic targeting system in fairing
Reinforcing plates
No brake
chutes fitted
Su-27 pre-production (T10S)
Proposed export version, demonstration airframe
modified from standard Su-27 only featuring the
additional underwing hardpoint
Improved avionics/ECM suites
Reinforced landing gear
Improved N001 radar
Expanded
weapons
capabilities
Proposed retractable IFR probe
Increased capacity to wing tanks
1 x additional hardpoint under each wing
1 x pylon under each wing made 'wet'
Su-27SMK
prototype
Ukrainian Su-27-1M upgrade, details as
Su-27/Su-27P unless otherwise indicated
Revised N001 radar
Updated avionics: SN-3307-02 SATNAV system, MSD-2000V DME, Koors-93M-V
approach/landing system, A-511 ver.30 transponder, BUR-4-1-10-01 flight data
recorder, SAVR-27U data recorder, Ekran-02M-3 BITE/CAS, VOK-27 processor,
revisions to R-800L1/R-800L2 radios
KPA-4-1-10 ground test equipment
for increased combat efficiency
Su-27S1M/SU-27P1M
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