Currently, the production of a prototype is underway
MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. A demonstration sample of a promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) is expected to be assembled by 2023. This was reported to TASS by a source in the aircraft industry.
"Currently, the production of a prototype is underway. It is assumed that the demonstration sample will be ready by 2023, " the agency interlocutor said.
TASS does not have an official confirmation of this information.
In December 2019, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper that the preliminary design of the PAK DA aircraft was approved and PJSC Tupolev (as part of the United Aircraft Corporation) began developing working design documentation. In May 2020, TASS sources reported that the production of the first prototype of the new "strategist"had begun. The final assembly will be carried out at the Kazan Aircraft Factory named after S. P. Gorbunov.
The promising long-range aviation complex is designed according to the "flying wing"scheme. Technologies and materials that reduce visibility (stealth technology) will be widely used in the design of the machine. The aircraft will be able to carry existing and promising strategic cruise missiles, high-precision aerial bombs, hypersonic weapons, and will be equipped with the latest means of communication and electronic warfare. The car will receive a subsonic flight speed.
