The Russian Ministry of Defense approved the final appearance of Stels-Bomber, the development of which PJSC “Tupolev” is engaged. The priority of the project was to reduce the visibility of the aircraft and the range of weapons, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the source in the defense and industrial complex (OPK).
The project of the aircraft is more known as a promising aviation complex of long-distance aviation (Pak Yes). The agency’s interlocutor stressed that the design work of the bomber is at the design stage, prototypes are being developed.
From the features that this model will have, the source called the subsonic speed, greater duration of flight, intra-tube weapons, including large-range missiles and hypersonic rockets. In addition, the equipment on board the aircraft will be maximally automated, up to unmanned control.
“It is also assumed that the bomber will be able to manage the groups of unmanned aerial vehicles and will be able to apply the entire spectrum of the air-air missilers,” added to the def.
Earlier it was reported that Pak can be unnoticed to overcome the frontiers of the NATO countries unnoticed. This was confirmed on the bench tests on the level of radar visibility.
In December 2020, TASS, referring to a source in the defense and industrial complex, passed that several prototypes of stealth bomber at the same time are collected in Russia, the production of “two or three objects”, intended for land and flight tests .