The prototypes of the engine “product RF” for the prospective aviation complex long-range aviation (PAK DA) passed bench tests. This is reported by TASS, citing a source in the defense industry complex.
“Several prototypes of the engine have already passed part of the bench tests, now the tests continue, according to their results we can say that the engine confirms the parameters put in it,” said a source of the agency.
He added that a special test stand was prepared for the “RF product”. Preparations are underway at ODK-Kuznetsov for the production of the engine.
Alexei Sobolev, deputy general director and managing director of ODK-Kuznetsov, said in December 2020 that the first engine for the PAK DA was being assembled.
In 2021, it was reported that the Russian Defense Ministry had approved the final shape of the PAK DA. The priority is given to reducing the aircraft’s visibility and long-range weapons, and several prototypes of the advanced aircraft are also under construction.
The PAK DA is designed as a “flying wing” with a subsonic flight speed. The design of the new strategic missile-carrying airplane will widely use technologies and materials that reduce the radar signature of the aircraft. It will be capable of carrying existing and prospective long-range cruise missiles, high-precision air bombs, hypersonic weapons, and will be equipped with modern means of communication and electronic warfare.
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