Posted on 08/30/2022 10:40:50 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
Will the Su-75 “Checkmate” Reach Serial Production? – Earlier this month, it was reported that Russia’s highly-touted Su-75 “Checkmate” won’t make its maiden flight until at least some time in 2024 at the very earliest. However, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) – a division of the state-owned military-tech conglomerate Rostec – also announced that it would build four prototypes of the lightweight single-engine fighter in the coming months, with a goal to launch Checkmate serial production just three years later.
“We use advanced super-computer technologies in the Checkmate project, which enables us to cut substantially the timeframe of building the prototype and begin the flight tests already in 2024. Now preparations have been launched for the production of two prototypes. In all, we plan to build four prototypes,” UAC CEO Yury Slyusar told Tass earlier this month during the Army 2022 international military-technical forum, Russia’s largest military trade show.
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Yeah sure. China can build any chip anyone needs, bar none. They haven’t done so because until DC worked its magic they didn’t need to source from their old adversary. Now they are suddenly allied, also with India who has the same talent.
Russia can access chips easier than we can at the moment.
It took about 20 years. It is now in series production. As for the SU-57, it is operational, sort of. Can the Russians put it in series production?
It is not that much more complicated compared to legacy fighters once the tooling is in place. I think it is in a sort of mass production since late Spring with about 30 expected to be delivered by the end of the year.
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