Rostec says keeping the Su-75 Checkmate outside the range of enemy air defenses will “save the pilot’s life.”Īfter scrubbing through dozens of articles Tass has published about the Su-75 Checkmate, and every press release on the Rostec website about it, you won’t find a single example of it being described as a stealth fighter at all. However, Russian media does refer to the Checkmate as a 5th generation fighter from time to time. As one glaring example, you’ll find the Su-75 Checkmate referred to as a stealth fighter all throughout American media… but you won’t find Rostec (the firm developing the aircraft) use that term. Even the language used by these outlets is more reserved than you’ll often find in the international media. Even successful designs like the T-14 Armata main battle tank are smothered under a lack of funding, with Russia unable to produce or field them in any reasonable numbers.Īnd while the Su-75 has yet to even manifest in a flyable way, the firm responsible for developing the aircraft has carefully tip-toed around the topic of stealth throughout multiple stories published by Russia’s state-owned news outlets in recent months. Now, as the fighter is being displayed on foreign soil for the first time at this week’s Dubai Air Show, formal statements from its manufacturer have called its stealth credentials into question.Īs we discussed at the time, Russia has a long and illustrious history of exaggeration when it comes to unveiling new defense technologies, from the Uran-9 infantry robot that garnered global headlines despite secretly not working at all, to the Checkmate’s older sibling, the Su-57, which is considered the least stealth of its fighter generation and currently exists only in token numbers. In general, a single-engine aircraft is better in terms of cost and (less) maintenance requirement and Russia plans to develop new light combat aircraft to replace the aging fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters and Su-25 close-support aircraft.Earlier this year, Russia unveiled their forthcoming “stealth fighter,” the single-engine Su-75 Checkmate, with bold claims about its expected performance and capabilities. The plane’s thrust-to-weight ratio will be above 1,” the news agency reported, citing an industry source.
It will also have super-maneuverability and improved takeoff and landing performance, thanks to a thrust vector control engine. The plane’s maximum speed will be above 2 Mach. “The Sukhoi company is developing a single-engine light tactical plane with the takeoff weight of up to 18 tonnes.
In addition, earlier in May 2021, the TASS news agency reported that the Russian defense industry is developing a next-generation single-engine fighter.Īccording to TASS, Russian state aerospace company Sukhoi is now developing new light tactical fighter aircraft. Rostec also opened the project’s website, where a countdown of the plane’s debut show on July 20 began overnight to Tuesday, the statement says. We are convinced that the new product developed by UAC specialists will evoke a genuine interest both in our country and in other regions of the world, including among our rivals abroad,” the press office said in a statement. “Russia is one of the few countries of the world that possesses full-cycle technologies to produce advanced aircraft systems and is a recognized trendsetter in creating combat planes.
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