Developed in Russia combat aircraft of the sixth generation will receive a fundamentally new weapons systems, said the Director of the Directorate of military aviation programs of the United aircraft Corporation (UAC), former commander of the Russian air force General (retired) Vladimir Mikhailov.
“The sixth generation fighter will be a number of new fundamental qualities. For example, it can be equipped with weapons systems directed radiation. — RNS) of energy. Obviously, you will need to create a new engine, providing a significant increase in traction, reduction in fuel consumption and in perspective, the achievement of hypersonic speeds. Another important feature should be to implement the concept of optional piloted aircraft or its manufacture, in both manned and unmanned options,” — said Mikhailov, who was quoted corporate magazine of the KLA “Horizons”.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters that the aircraft designers of the company “Dry” has presented the first developments on the fighter of the sixth generation. “We are now talking about a new specific works, which were very briefly presented KB “Dry” and the General designer of which is assigned to all the aircraft systems and weapons. It is really about the ideas for the creation of the sixth generation fighter”,— said Rogozin.
According to the publication, with the creation of the sixth generation fighter will be a further development of the basic capabilities of the machines of the fifth generation. Will decrease visibility through the use of new constructional and aerodynamic designs of the airframe, the use of new radar absorbing materials. Further development will be a circular information system, and expand integration and cooperation in the framework of a single information-command system.
According to Mikhailov, “will increase the combat effectiveness of the all-aspect destruction of air hypersonic missiles, and ground and surface targets”.
