Today, the news agency "Interfax" citing a source reported, that in the experts "Tupolev" soon begin to build the first prototypes of the future long-range aviation aircraft. We are talking about the implementation within the framework of the PAK DA project.
celebrated, that the creation of prototypes of a promising aviation complex starts at the beginning 2019 of the year. For this, the transfer of the necessary design documentation to the Kazan Aviation Plant is in full swing..
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Construction will begin in the coming months.
A task, which should be solved by the specialists of the company "Tupolev", consists in the final creation of a long-range aviation complex, which will replace such aircraft as the Tu-95, Tu-160 and Tu-22M3.
known, that the designers settled on the PAK DA version in the “flying wing” configuration. In other words, the aircraft will have no tail. In the internal compartments, the PAD YES should eventually carry a larger load of weapons, than the current means of long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. One of the weapons, which will carry PAK DA - hypersonic missile systems. earlier it was reported, that we can talk about the modification of the "Dagger". In this case, the aircraft itself will be subsonic.
Last year, the government of the Russian Federation announced plans for, that a promising missile carrier will be able to make the first flight in 2026 year, and go into the series - in 2029.
original project name, which for the first time began to be discussed in relation to the development of a long-range aircraft, – "Messenger".
