: five years.--Stephen V Cole 

Sukhoi has announced it wants to bid in the Australian program to buy a new strike fighter. Sukhoi says that rather than providing a single aircraft for the Australian requirement, it will offer a package of three very similar aircraft: the Su-35 Air Superiority Fighter, the Su-32FN long-range strike plane, and the Su-30MK multirole fighter. Sukhoi has offered to send an Su-35 and an Su-32FN to Australia for tests and