Big names, including data on generations of combat aircraft, often used in the media. Sources allow themselves to talk about the start of work on one generation of military equipment, given, that there is no "previous" in service yet.
Today the network discusses information from the TASS news agency, where, with reference to an unnamed source, the following is stated:: assembly of a prototype of a promising long-range stealth bomber has begun. In a number of other media, including Lenta.ru, immediately announced, that we are talking about a "sixth generation" strategic bomber.
According to TASS interlocutors, who are called representatives of the military-industrial complex, the final assembly of the first prototype should be completed in 2021 year. added, that the manufacture of elements of the PAK DA airframe will be carried out at one of the aircraft factories, but no data yet, on which. noted, what is a plant from the group, included in the structure of the UAC (United Aircraft Corporation).
The article points out, that the development of design documentation has already been completed and that the assembly of the cockpit of a promising long-range bomber has already begun.
Notably, that Tupolev has not yet commented on the start of construction of the PAK DA.
If we talk about the generations of combat aircraft, the previous classification was, that stealth technologies and manned aircraft are fifth-generation aviation. For the sixth generation, the classification uses (among other things) such a parameter as "unmanned". So far, the decision to implement just such a concept when creating a promising long-range stealth bomber has not been reported.. And when you consider, that we are talking about the beginning of the assembly of the cabin, then at least the initial version is considered as a manned.
