The Russian promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) will be able to quietly overcome the air defense lines of NATO countries, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.
According to the interlocutor, “special mock-ups and individual full-size elements of the bomber being created underwent a series of bench tests to assess the level of radar signature”, as a result of which the ultra-low indicators of the effective scattering surface area (EPR) of PAK DA, calculated at the stage of research by methods computer modeling “.
The source added that the radius of detection of PAK DA by foreign radars will decrease “by several orders of magnitude”, which “will allow a promising bomber, when using certain tactics undetected, to overcome the advanced air defense lines, including fighter aircraft, including the advanced air defense lines of the most developed countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. “.
In December 2020, TASS, referring to a source in the military-industrial complex, reported that several prototypes are being assembled in Russia at the same time, in particular, “two or three objects” have already been launched into production, intended for ground and flight tests.
At the same time, Aleksey Sobolev, Managing Director of the Samara UEC-Kuznetsov, said that in 2021, the United Engine Corporation (UEC) will conduct the first bench tests of the engine for the PAK DA, called the RF Product.
In December 2019, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Alexei Krivoruchko said that PAK DA, designed to perform the tasks of long-range aircraft Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3, will enter service with the Aerospace Forces (VKS) by the end of 2027.
