The market for the new Checkmate fighter is estimated at 300 aircraft
Zhukovsky (Moscow region). July 20. INTERFAX-The new Russian Checkmate fighter is aimed at the African, Vietnamese and Indian markets, the demand for it is estimated at 300 cars, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov.
"The aircraft, first of all, will be focused on the countries of Africa, India, Vietnam. The demand for these aircraft is quite high and is estimated at at least 300 aircraft in the near future," Borisov told reporters at the MAKS - 2021 air show on Tuesday.
According to him, " this is a conservative assessment."
"Everything depends on how quickly we will bring the aircraft to the international market," the Deputy Prime minister said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Borisov told Interfax that the Russian Federation has an anchor customer for the new Checkmate light fighter, which was presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We already have it, and we are doing it for it," Borisov said at the MAKS-2021 air show.
He explained that we are talking about a foreign air force.
Also, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, told Interfax that the Russian Defense Ministry will become the customer of the new light single-engine fighter of the 5th generation Checkmate.
The new light fighter "Checkmate" of the 5th generation was presented to Putin on Tuesday. "The LTS is a light single-engine fighter of the fifth generation, which has no analogues in Russia yet. It combines innovative solutions and technologies, including support for the pilot's work by means of artificial intelligence, as well as proven solutions that have already proven themselves in practice," Rostec said after showing the aircraft to the president.
The first flight of a light single-engine fighter of the 5th generation is expected in 2023. "2023 - the first flight of the LTS, 2024-2025-the construction of prototypes, 2026-the launch of the installation batch," the presentation notes.