United Aircraft Corporation released a promotional video revealing, for the first time, the Su-57 fighter’s forward internal bay loaded with two Kh-58-type anti-radiation missiles. The footage arrives just before Dubai Airshow 2025 and reinforces the aircraft’s growing SEAD mission capability while sustaining international attention amid ongoing export speculation and upgrade discussions.
The video features test aircraft T-50-9 “509,” performing high-speed passes with its internal bay doors open—an unprecedented look at the jet’s internal weapons configuration. The timing follows months of messaging from Rostec about increased Su-57 production and modernization programs. The loadout is operationally noteworthy, pairing internally housed long-range anti-radiation missiles with externally mounted short-range weapons—an uncommon but tactically versatile setup for a stealth platform.
The footage reveals two Kh-58UShK missiles nested in the front compartment, tailored for the Su-57’s internal carriage with folding control surfaces and launched via Vympel’s UVKU-50-series ejectors. This design allows clean release from the jet’s deep tandem bays and has been hinted at in previous technical documentation. The new imagery provides the first unmistakable visual confirmation of that system in flight, validating the architecture of the Felon’s internal weapons integration and marking a milestone in its stealth-combat readiness.
