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Russia unveils a new fighter jet after all the buzz surrounding a design that is speculated to share similarities to 6th generation aircraft. But most of the tech or data has not been fully revealed. It is only a teaser for now.
There is an intense competition by nations to produce something better than the F-35 or F-22. Furthermore, new technologies like stealth and supercruise are getting to be important, but this has yet to be verified.
Recently on social media, Russia hyped a new light-to-medium-weight fighter, or what seems to be a scale model of the actual plane. The plane was designed by Russian aerospace United Aircraft Corporation, which showed initial images of the top-secret design, cited Knowledia.
December 12, 2020
Russia’s premier defense contractor Rostec is reportedly planning to build manned and unmanned variants of a single-engine lightweight fighter jet. However, analysts believe the project may not be successful in view of current market demands.
The development, however, signifies a major shift in the country’s fighter jet program, focussed mainly on two-engine jets unit now.
Russian news agency TASS reports that the Moscow-based Rostec State Corporation is currently “working on a concept” for the advanced “light and medium-class” advanced fighters to be built in both manned and unmanned versions.
The Rostec logo
While the current information on the project is considerably vague, it does indicate that the new fighters could be smaller than the present Flanker family, including the Sukhoi Su-27, Su-30, and even the Mikoyan MiG-29 and MiG-35 Fulcrum.