Light tactical aircraft (LTS) Checkmate is built according to an open architecture, which allows the configuration of the fifth generation fighter configuration. This causes the interest of potential customers to the aircraft. On the main advantages of Checkmate on Radio Sputnik, a military political analyst, head of the department of political science and sociology of REU named after G. V. Plekhanova Andrei Koshkin.
According to him, the aircraft attracted the attention of potential customers with high speed, range and combat load. Also checkmate received radio-electronic equipment with elements of artificial intelligence, which increases its efficiency.
Military political scientist emphasized the advantages of the modular design of the fighter. “This is a modular type aircraft, that is, we can create precisely those configuration that the customer would like to purchase. This is a” constructor “from which those cars that the customer want to see,” said Koshkin.
Earlier, the General Director of Rosoboronexport of Alexander Mikheev said that Checkmate was headed by the rating of export samples of Russian weapons. In Russia, LTS was first shown on the Aviakosmic salon Max-2021.
In November, the head of the state corporation “Rostech” Sergey Chezovov called the advantage of Checkmate in front of the American F-35 Lightning II fighter. He noted that the Russian aircraft is more cost-effective.