For the first time, the Checkmate light tactical aircraft was presented at the MAKS-2021 Air Show
DUBAI, November 15. /tass/. Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attended the presentation of the Russian fighter Checkmate at the Dubai Airshow 2021. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.
"His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Emir of Dubai attended the presentation of the Checkmate light tactical aircraft. The event was held in the pavilion of the Sukhoi company of the Rostec State Corporation at the Dubai Airshow 2021 salon," the message reads.
For the first time, the Checkmate light tactical aircraft was presented at the MAKS-2021 air Show. The foreign presentation of the fighter took place at the Dubai Airshow 2021. Checkmate includes all the most advanced developments, including an open architecture for building in the interests of the customer and unique artificial intelligence technologies. The aircraft is made using stealth technologies, equipped with an internal fuselage compartment for air-to-air and air-to-surface aircraft weapons. The payload mass exceeds seven tons. The fighter can simultaneously hit up to six targets. The speed of a single-engine aircraft will be Mach 1.8, and the combat radius will be 3 thousand km.
The international exhibition Dubai Airshow 2021 takes place from November 14 to 18 in the United Arab Emirates. Russia has prepared a number of world premieres for the air show.
On the eve of the Dubai Airshow 2021, the TASS news agency released a special project about the Checkmate fighter.
