April 7, 200521 yr From eDefense Production of Russian Su-34 Relaunched by Michal Fiszer Apr. 5, 2005 Serial production of the Su-34 has begun, according to the general director of the Novosibirsk Aviation Company (NAPO) (Novosibirsk, Russia), which is part of Sukhoi consortium. Officially, the first serial Su-34 flew on Dec. 20, 2003, but production of subsequent aircraft ended immediately thereafter. According to Russian Air Force plans from 2003, 10 production Su-34 aircraft were to be delivered by the end of 2005. But in a March 31, 2005, announcement, general director Aleksandr Bobryshev Bobryshev revised the projection to five aircraft to be delivered to the Russian Air Force by 2006. He also said that the aircraft have passed all factory and state trials, and that full-scale production has been authorized.
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