New Russian Stealth Bomber planned for 2025.

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New Russian Bomber to See the Light in 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

A new generation future Russian bomber will be built no earlier than 2025, reports Lenta.RU referring to a source in the Russian aviation industry. The state arms program for 2011—2020 provides for the allocation of funds for the development of a future long-range aviation aircraft complex (PAK DA), but series production is still not being discussed. In the opinion of the agency’s source, a “minimum of 15 – 20 years” is needed for construction of the new aircraft.

 

According to preliminary information, the new bomber will be created using low-observable technology. Russia’s first deputy defense minister, Vladimir Popovkin, announced on 24 February 2011 that the Russian state arms programs supposes the allocation of funds for scientific research and experimental design work on the PAK DA program. “We are not forcing development of the complex. We plan to define its appearance by 2015,” the deputy minister noted.

 

For the time being practically nothing is known about the future bomber. It earlier had been reported only that the Tupolev company is involved with its development. According to a preliminary estimate, the airplane will begin to reach the inventory in 2025 - 2030. The Tupolev company’s president, Aleksandr Bobryshev, announced at the end of December 2009, that research on the PAK DA project would be completed in 2012 and experimental design work in 2017.

 

The Tupolev general director, Igor' Shevchuk, reported on the contract for the development and creation of a principally new strategic bomber in August 2009. According to Bobryshev, the contract was drafted for a period of 3 years. Source: 03.03.11, Avia.RU

 

 

 

Well, it will be an interesting couple of decades to come for defense planning & acquisition among the major players. Russia has only just recently announced plans to re-visit a few old ideas that had gone out of fashion since the fall of the union.