PAK-DA: News

Cyberspec wrote:The focus should be (as said here before) on the bomber being armed with LR hypersonic missiles

I don't think a hypersonic bomber was ever seriously considered apart from some sensationalist media articles.

Vladimir79 wrote:Russia may renounce the development of a new bomber

RIA Novosti, April 6. The modernized strategic bombers Tu-160 can replace the development of promising new set of long-range aviation, said Tuesday by the deputy defense minister for armament Vladimir Popovkin.

"The Americans have decided to extend the resource B-52 to 70 years. We are not richer than them," - he said, replying to a question whether there was work to modernize the Tu-160 or the development of a promising new set of long-range aviation.

RIA Novosti

KomissarBojanchev wrote: As for navy I think Russia should develop in more blue-water capability.....

Unless of course the Russian decision on the development of their next-gen bomber was based on some other factors other than what exactly is needed in order to guarantee Russia's defense.
In which case it was a bad decision-making process from the start

GarryB wrote:You do ask the strangest questions sometimes Austin.

Do you think there is a lucrative market for exporting next generation bombers?

How do you define the best?

I would think the main question for the Russians is, "Does the new bomber we are going to spend a significant amount of money on do the job for which it is intended, or does it make sense to spend it on other things?"

It really doesn't matter at all whether the new Russian bomber is better or worse than the proposed US bomber, just the same as the main Russian tank needs a gun that can penetrate enemy armour and meaningful battlefield ranges... just being the most powerful gun is not of any use.

Austin wrote:Ofcourse the Russians do compare their aircraft with american , check Putin statement of PAK-FA when compared to F-22 and even lately where he compared it with F-35.

Comparasion with PAK-DA with LRS-B would eventually come up for sure

Ofcourse the Russians do compare their aircraft with american , check Putin statement of PAK-FA when compared to F-22 and even lately where he compared it with F-35.

Comparasion with PAK-DA with LRS-B would eventually come up for sure

PAK-FA has export potential and PAK-DA don`t.

Voice Of Russia wrote:Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said that all the relevant document were signed allowing the industry to begin the development of systems for the plane.

According to the RIA Novosti, Russian Air Force commander insisted that the aircraft will be equipped with advanced electronic warfare systems and armed with new nuclear-capable long-range cruise missiles, and will be able to carry a wide array of conventional precision guided weapons.

Here are more details about the project by expert at Centre for Strategic Technology Analysis, Vasily Kashin.

The new Prospective Air Complex for Long Range Aviation (PAK DA) will replace the Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers that Russia is using now. The Tupolev Designing Bureau will develop the new bomber. It will deliver its plan for the development of the aircraft and the estimation of the cost of this work to the Defence Ministry.

Reportedly, the serial production of the bomber is expected to start in 2020. However, some other reports say that the aircraft will make its maiden flight in 2020. Concerning its engines, their development was started in 2011. It's quite possible that the aircraft will be equipped with the updated models of the 117S or NK-32 advanced engines. The weapon systems are also being developed.

It has been suggested that the bomber will carry X-101 cruise missiles that can hit a target at a distance of 5,500 kilometers. Moreover it may carry short-range missiles and glide bombs.

At present, according to the approved project, the future bomber will be built under the "flying-wing" scheme similar to the American B-2 Spirit. At present, this is the only stealth strategic bomber that has been developed to a level for launching serial production. The price of a bomber with the necessary equipment and spare parts was estimated at over $900 million in the 1990s, while the overall cost of the development and the production of all aircraft was about $45 billion.

Most likely, similar to the American B-2, the Russian bomber will fly at a high subsonic speed. Basic attention will be focused on its long-range and stealth technology. In this case, the Russian bomber will differ from the future Chinese strategic bomber, which judging by mock-up models, will be a supersonic aircraft.

At the same time, analysts insist that the Chinese project will cost huge sums and experience technical difficulties when taking into account, that unlike the U.S. and Russia, China has no experience at all in this area. Practically, if China wants to implement the programme up to serial production, it will have to spend huge sums comparable to that of the entire manned-space programme.

In fact, the Russian project is not starting from scratch. The Tupolev Design Bureau worked on the Tu-202 project in the 1970s and 1980s. It planned to develop this aircraft in two versions, strategic bomber and long-range anti-submarine aircraft.

The aircraft was planned to be built according to the "flying wing" design. Its total range was 16,000 kilometers, while the range of the bomber carrying 6 cruise missiles was 5,500 kilometers. In the 1980s, a large number of aerodynamic experiments were carried out using models of the aircraft.

New strategic bomber projects are always linked with huge technical risks. Nevertheless, the development of the PAK DA will provide Russia an effective system capable of hitting targets at any points on the Earth, within several hours of receiving the order, without need for foreign bases.

Military Russia.ru wrote:According to the General Director of JSC "Tupolev" I.Shevchuka at the MAKS-2009 - a contract under the program PAK DA won KB them. Tupolev and in 2009 the Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with JSC "Tupolev" on research and development on the basis of the design bomber Tu-160 (with government funding of R & D started in 2008). 23.12.2009 President of "Tupolev" Alexander Bobrishev said that research on the PAK DA will be completed in 2012 and CB ready to continue with the ROC, which will be completed in 2017 In 2011 VNIIRA to the preliminary design of the PAK DA developed a preliminary design of the integration complex avionics. YES Russian Air Force command issued to create TTP bomber 20.12.2011 By February 2012 R & D PAK DA is being developed and completed preliminary design of aircraft. Estimated date of the first flight (according to the plans in 2007) - 2015-2017 gg, summer 2009 announced that the first flight will take place in 2015 In late 2011, the first flight of the prototype is scheduled for 2020, the adoption of the aircraft into service is scheduled for 2025 June 28, 2012 appeared in the media statement of Commander of the Air Force Major General Victor Bondarev about that. that the image plane is formed and maintained tactical refinement specification. According to statements made ​​to the press in 2011 - the first half of 2012 the first flight is expected in 2020 September 26, 2012 in a press statement, Air Force Commander Viktor Bondar said that the development of the PAK DA goes according to plan, the shape of the aircraft (once again ) approved. The emergence of the first plane and the beginning of the test has been planned for 2022 ( source ). April 11, 2013 Russian Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondar said that "the creation of the complex is on the program. His principal face is formed, acts signed, and now the industry begins elemental design of systems in the plane. " Production of the aircraft in the future it is planned at the Kazan aircraft plant. July 9, 2013 in the media announced that the development of the aircraft will begin in 2014, "Tupolev" will finish the work on the tactical and technical characteristics of the PAK DA until the end of 2013 and in early 2014 the Ministry of Defense of Russia will present a calculation of the budget of research on the project. According to current plans, the mass production of bombers to begin in 2020.

The design of the aircraft is performed with extensive use of composites and radar absorbing materials to facilitate and reduce the structural weight of the EPR aircraft. engines: in 2011 raoty started the engines for the PAK DA. In the development of engines involved FSUE "CIAM. Baranov ': - the beginning of 2012 held justification appearance and basic data for pre-and supersonic options PAK DA; - Developed preliminary design of the engine; - formed a list of critical technologies. ( source ) Option - 4 x turbofan engines with a thrust of 15500-18000 kg class "product 117C" (tentative information). Specific fuel consumption - 1 kg / km of track on one engine EYE "Kuznetsov" (engines NC) - in 2012 for the project development engine for the PAK DA A technical proposal for the motor to turn in the preliminary design of the PAK DA ( ist. - Chujko .) You probably use engine NK-32 of the second phase of modernization of production of "Smiths" with a thrust of up to 30,000 kg. The engine must be prepared in 2017-2018 yy Perhaps in the source engine is not mentioned in connection with the program PAK DA, and in connection with the modernization program of the Tu-160 ( source ). TTX Aircraft : Weight - about 125,000 kg Fuel weight - up to 50,000 kg Range - 12500 km Radius - 6000 -9000 km (probably with refueling) Max Speed ​​- 1.5-2 M Cruising - more than 1 M

Armament:
- KRBD type of X-101 and similar advanced models;
- High-precision ASD and Raman short-range, including protivoradillokatsionnye (to break the enemy's air defense);
- Svobodnopadayuschie bombs;
- The air carrier operational and strategic HANDS (reconnaissance-strike complex) with air-launched ballistic missiles (for example, type " Iskander ", according to media reports from 2005);
- Discusses the use of a plane missiles "air" for self-defense.

Equipment : preliminary design of complex avionics integratsionnnogo to preliminary design prepared by the PAK DA VNIIRA in 2011 ( source ).

Status :
- 2008 - open R & D funding PAK DA.

- 2009 - The contract between the Ministry of Defense of Russia and JSC "Tupolev" R & D PAK DA.

- 2009 - designed, probably in the next few years, the production of models or even prototypes, has not been tested.

- 22 December 2009 - Commander of the Russian Air Force YES Major General Anatoly Zhiharev said the PAK DA will replace "and distant, and strategic bombers and missile carriers" Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3. also stated that the new bomber entered service in 2025-2030 godgodah. For the first time stated that the PAK DA will be replaced including and Tu-22M3, which indirectly confirms our vision of the concept PAK DA - all-mode supersonic bomber representing a something between a Tu-22M3 and Tu-160.

- 2009 December 23 - in an interview with news agency "Interfax" the president of the company "Tupolev" Alexander Bobrishev said that research on the PAK DA will be completed in 2012 and CB ready to continue with research and development which will be completed in 2017 and is planned to build adopt 100 units in the period up to 2027. - 2010 - Tactical Missiles Corporation has prepared information and analysis on the weapon system PAK DA ( Tactical Missiles Corporation's annual report for 2010 .) - 2012 June 28 - appeared in the media statements of Commander of Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor Bondarev that the appearance of the aircraft has already been formed and maintained tactical refinement specification.