The military segment of Russias sprawling aerospace industry is drawing up or planning the design of its sixth generation aircraft

to keep pace with the Nato military apparatus, especially the US fleet which already has fifth generation or 5G aircraft in squadron service. Aircraft termed fifth and sixth generation are classified as stealthy aircraft. Currently, Russia has a 5G aircraft undergoing testing but it is still far from complete and only expected to enter service around 2016 and the country is in sore need of viable unmanned stealth aircraft. Producing a sixth generation aircraft will silence the many western critics who put forward dubious claims that the current Russian 5G aircraft, the T-50, is only 4.75G as an afterthought or response to Russian claims that it beats the American F-22 in many areas. At the same time, the Russian industry is also saying that it intends to develop an unmanned 6G aircraft. Unmanned 6G aircraft should always be a separate design from manned 6G aircraft. This is because the unmanned type(s) may have to perform ramming duties in future conflicts or life-and-death conflicts. Thus the umanned type should always be a design sporting a single engine. Manned 6G craft should continue to be a toss between using one or two engines depending on the level of sophistication and mission requirements.