Avionics onboard Su-75 Checkmate aircraft The unguided weapons that can be carried in the inner compartment include missiles from the S-8 / S-13 families and 100kg, 250kg and 500kg bombs. The weapon bays can also accommodate guided bombs including KAB-250LG-E, К08BE, and К029BE to destroy ground-based targets from outside the air defence zone of the enemy. The aircraft can also destroy surface targets such as ships using the X-31PD missile (range of 250km) and Kh-35UE missile (range of 260km). The Su-75 Checkmate combat jet can also be armed with precision weapons for ground target destruction including X-38MLE / MTE X-38MLE air-to-surface tactical guided missile (range of 70km), X-58USHKE anti-radar missile (range of 245km), Kh-59MK2 guided missile (range of 285km), and Thunder-A1 precision ammunition (range of 120km). The guided weapons to be carried include RVV-MD short-range missile with a range of approximately 40km, and RVV-SD medium-range missile with a range of 110km. The aircraft is expected to launch guided as well as unguided weapons. It has a combat payload carrying capacity of 7,400kg. It has five hidden weapon bays and 11 external weapon attachment points. The Checkmate aircraft can carry weapons to neutralise enemy command posts and sensitive assets. It will have the capability to control small drones, which will receive real-time information about the combat situation through transmission technologies and respond immediately. The tactical fighter jet will be able to operate in tandem with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a networked setup. The aircraft will be available for sale in a basic single manned version, as well as two-seater optionally manned and unmanned versions. The airframe design allows for easier maintenance of the aircraft and requires fewer personnel for the maintenance procedures, which is expected to enhance the combat readiness of the aircraft. Its open architecture with high adaptability will provide scope for futuristic upgrades to the aircraft as well as the flexibility to create new configurations at optimal costs. The Su-75 Checkmate aircraft can be deployed from difficult high-altitude airfields and in any climatic conditions. The fighter’s fifth-generation onboard equipment (OBE) are designed with high noise immunity. The aircraft has a length of 17.5m and a wingspan of 11.8m. The onboard systems, cockpit and certain other elements were derived from the Su-57E aircraft, reducing the cost and increasing the maintenance efficiency. The design was developed leveraging the scientific and technical groundwork involved in the development of the export version of Su-57E fifth-generation fighter. $3 billion) with foreign customers.The aircraft was designed indigenously using a supercomputer and modern-day virtual modelling and digital calculations, which significantly reduced the testing and building time to five years. In total, Rostec’s various subsidiaries signed contracts worth 230 billion roubles (U.S. A sort of ‘leftover,’ inherited by the OAK from the gigantic funds allocated by the state for the creation of the Su-57.”įor his part, the head of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow, Ruslan Pukhov, wonders how long it will take for Sukhoi to deliver the new jet, telling Gazeta.Ru that the country needs it “today.”Īccording to Rostec, the MAKS 2021 show “exceeded” expectations, with Russia’s weapons exports agency Rosoboroexport - which is managed by Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov - signing 13 foreign contracts worth €1 billion (U.S. The conservative online news outlet Vzglyad called the aircraft a “Su-57 for the poor,” adding that “perhaps it is a kind of constructor, an aircraft ‘Lego,’ a jet originally assembled from the already tested blocks. Chemezov told reporters that the new plane will cost between $25 million and $30 million. Local and foreign media described the Checkmate presented at the air show in Zhukovsky as reminiscent of the American-made F-35 jet.
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