The official representative of the Sukhoi company, Anastasia Kravchenko, said that the aircraft is already ready for testing
MOSCOW, July 21. /TASS/. The Sukhoi company can create a two-seat modification of the Checkmate single-engine fighter. This was announced on Wednesday by Anastasia Kravchenko, director of the Information Policy and Public Communications Department of the company, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel as part of the MAKS-2021 air show.
"This is the very principle of open architecture that allows us to make both an unmanned and a manned version of this aircraft. We can also make shipboard and two-seat modifications of the Checkmate aircraft, " she said.
The official representative of the company said that the aircraft is already ready for testing.
Earlier, the Rostec state Corporation presented the latest Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate ("checkmate" in English) at the MAX. Currently, an unmanned version of the fighter is being created on the basis of a single aviation platform. Checkmate can operate as part of a group of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles combined into a single system.