Russian VKS will receive more 76 Su-34 bombers. As reported “Notifications” with reference to sources in the military-industrial complex and the Ministry of Defense, Aircraft Construction Contract Already Aligned.
According to the publication, The Ministry of Defense has already agreed on the terms of the contract for the supply of Su-34M bombers. Under the terms of the agreement, the aircraft will be delivered in a modernized version., total planned to receive 76 bombers before 2027 of the year.
Details of the contract for a new large batch of Su-34 have already been agreed. Although the document itself has not yet been signed, defense industry enterprises began to order components for its implementation. Annually until 2027 years it is planned to produce from 8 to 14 aircraft. The first nodes for their assembly should go to the plant in the second half of this year.
– declared at the enterprise.
reportedly, all Su-34s under the new contract will be produced according to the modernized version as part of the development program “Owl”. This upgrade includes an avionics update, installation of precision weapons and a set of several suspended reconnaissance containers.
The bmpd blog writes, that in the framework of OCD “Owl” developing three interchangeable overhead containers with intelligence equipment, far superior capabilities of embedded equipment, they should give the aircraft a brand new opportunity to detect targets.
A variant of the container with the designation UKR-RT is designed for electronic reconnaissance, UKR-OE – for optoelectronic, and UKR-RL – for radar. They all use a single data bus to interact with the aircraft.
– newspaper writes.
Recall, that today under two contracts from 2008 and 2012 years of the Ministry of Defense received accordingly 32 and 92 Su-34 bomber.
