The KB SAT SR-10 is a prototype Russian single-engine jet trainer aircraft, fitted with

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s. It first flew in 2015 and is being offered to the

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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

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at Zhukovsky in August 2009. The SR-10 is a mid-wing

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of all-

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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

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V AI25TSR (modification of AI25TL) fitted in the prototype, but more modern Russian engines, such as the

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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

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Yak-152, 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

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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

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 (

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)

Specifications (SR-10)

References

External links

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"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 SR010 Single-engined jet aircraft Mid-wing aircraft Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear

Design and development

Specifications (SR-10)

See also

References

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