• Russia announced earlier this month that the Su-57, its proposed entry into the world of fifth-generation stealth fighters, will not see mass production.
• The jet had some promising capabilities in combat, but design and production difficulties made it a difficult project with limited export potential.
• This move represents a failure for Russia to manage its huge defense budget and breadth of projects and to find buyers for its version of a jet meant to take on US stealth fighters.

Su-57 was never really fifth-generation, and never really stealth