That's Checkmate, Mr. Bond: What to know about a mysterious new fighter jet out of Russia—and its superficial similarities to the F-35.
On Saturday, the tarped form of a new Russian jet rolled into public view. Rostec, the Russian defense giant behind the unveiling of the new aircraft at this week’s MAKS-2021 arms show,under a tarp with a caption teasing the coming reveal. It was perhaps the loudest way to announce a new stealth aircraft.
The plane, made by Rostec subsidiary United Aircraft Corporation, looks more than a little like the F-35, the US’s multirolefighter family, which took decades to develop. With split angled tails, a narrower fuselage that suggests only one engine, and wings the vague shape of a diamond, it falls squarely into the design space of F-35-lookalikes.
While there have been a wide range of stealth fighter prototypes, production models have remained within a much narrower form factor, constrained by the limits of both useful stealth features and aerodynamics. The MAKS arms show is a chance for Russian industry to introduce the public to the next generations of its flagship vehicles, as well as for smaller players to shop prototypes and concepts to prospective buyers. Previous MAKS events have featured
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