And now the real news:
UEC CEO Alexander Artiukhov has stated that the first Item 30 equipped T-50 prototype will fly by the end of 2017. The statemend was done during press briefing on Aero India 2017 in Bangalore.
He has confirmed that Item 30 will have 20% greater dry and wet thrust comparable to Item 117 (Al-41F-1) engines (11500kgs upon 9500kgs dry and 18000kgs upon 15000kgs wet respectively), will have completely new design including changeable Bryton cycle control parameters and variable bypass levels.
So all the yumydelicious things we discussed earlier but barely could to believe in have revealled as an official truth.
And now just imagine Item 30 powered G5 LCA
https://ria.ru/radio_brief/20170214/1487962080.html
http://www.aex.ru/news/2017/2/15/166345/