8/8/2023 0 Comments Sukhoi checkmate cockpit![]() Furthermore, we now have confirmation that the long, conformal weapons bays located forward of the main landing gear are indeed intended to house smaller air-to-air missiles, for close-range defense. ![]() This is designed to accommodate three examples of the RVV-BD air-to-air missile, the export version of the very-long-range R-37M, or AA-13 Axehead, a weapon that you can read more about here. In terms of new developments, we now know that, as suspected, there is a larger main weapons bay within the lower fuselage. New imagery shows the angular ventral inlet, which wraps around the lower nose section, to share features with a diverters supersonic inlet (DSI) design, but exactly how mature Russia’s take on this concept is, remains to be seen.Īn AESA radar housed in the new aircraft’s nose section was shown, along with missiles in the side weapons bay. Therefore, it will take more time to understand the role of the two-seat Su-75 in this scenario.The aircraft’s intake has been one of its most debated features over the last week. The trade sanctions Russia faces, however, could delay the program’s timeline, as well as shrinking Checkmate’s overseas market. It will also be a modular aircraft, capable of more frequent upgrades, like its US rival, the Lockheed Martin F-35. The UAC, however, said that the new fighter jet will have the most capable internal weapons compartment in its class, including all the missiles that are carried by the Felon. One of these components is expected to be the Izdeliye 30 afterburner engine, but the information has not been confirmed. Sukhoi, so far, has revealed little about the Checkmate’s technical details, but assured that it shares much of what’s in the Su-57 Felon, which today is the most advanced Russian fighter jet in service. ![]() The aircraft is also expected to have a very low acquisition cost, estimated at between $25 million and $30 million. The chief executive of the state-owned conglomerate has also commented that the jet will be able to fly at a maximum speed of around 1,900 km/h and offer a combat radius of 3,000 km. The two-seat Su-75 Checkmate First flight scheduled for 2024Īccording to information previously released by the UAC, the first flight of the Su-75 (in the single-seater version) is scheduled for mid-2024 and its series production should begin in 2026, with deliveries starting the following year.Īs already mentioned by the CEO of UAC, Yuri Slyusar, the company’s goal is to produce 300 aircraft of the new fighter within a period of 15 years after the completion of the project. Will the two-seater Checkmate be a training aircraft or an aircraft with a mission to carry out attacks, perhaps being used as a vector for unmanned aircraft? The second hypothesis seems more plausible given the evolution of combat strategies on the battlefield. It remains to be seen what is the purpose of the United Aircraft Corporation, the holding company that controls Sukhoi and the main Russian aerospace manufacturers. The type of configuration suggests a loss of space for weapons and fuel, which may indicate that the two-seat Su-75 may have lower performance. The new Russian design was unveiled in July 2021 during the MAKS airshow in Moscow as an export-oriented product, although the country’s air force is expected to eventually become a customer given the lack of modern aircraft in its fleet.Ĭomparing the designs of the single-seat Su-75 with the two-seat Checkmate it is possible to confirm that Sukhoi did not change the fuselage length, housing the crew in a cockpit positioned a little further back. ![]() Official images obtained by ADN reveal what the dual-cockpit aircraft will look like.ĭeveloped by Sukhoi, Checkmate is a single-engine fighter with stealth design and features that are capable of making it “invisible” to radar, in addition to an engine with a vector thrust system, which is why it is considered 5th generation. The new Russian Su-75 Checkmate fighter is also expected to have a two-seat version.
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