러시아 차세대 스텔스폭격기 (PAK-DA) 개발소식 ...

 

러시아가 기존에 운용중인 Tu-160 과 Tu-95 그리고 Tu-22M3 장거리 전략폭격기들을 대체하고자 차세대 스텔스폭격기를 개발

할 것이라는 AW&ST 의 기사 입니다.

 

2009년 12월말, 러시아는 PAK-DA (Prespektivniy aviatitzionniy kompleks dalney aviatzii / Future Aviation Complex for

Long-range Aviation or Future Air Complex for Strategic Air Forces) 로 알려진 차세대 스텔스폭격기를 개발 2025년~2030년경

도입 배치할 계획이라고 밝힌 바 있습니다.

 

한편 아래 기사에서 언급된 Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback 폭격기 배치 관련 소식은 별도로 소개하겠으며, PAK-DA 관련 개념(상상)도

몇장 소개합니다.

 

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Long-Range Planning

New low-observable Russian bomber moves forward, as stealth fighter nears first flight

Aviation Week & Space Technology 01/04/2010

Author : Maxim Pyadushkin

 

Russia hopes to complete the conceptual design of its next-generation, stealthy long-range bomber within the next two years as the country bolsters efforts to revitalize its air-combat capabilities.

 

The Russian air force aims to introduce a successor to the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack, Tu-95 Bear and Tu-22M3 Backfire in about 2025-30, says strategic aviation commander Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev. The new bomber program is known as PAK-DA (Prespektivniy aviatitzionniy kompleks dalney aviatzii, or future aviation complex for long-range aviation).

 

The effort comes as Russia is looking to bolster its air-to-ground capabilities this year with the fielding of production-standard Su-34s strike fighters and as the PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter program progresses to first flight. A prototype of Sukhoi’s fifth-generation fighter, the PAK-FA (or T-50), began taxi trials late last year with a first flight slated soon, says Alexey Fedorov, president of the United Aircraft Corp. (UAC). Late last month, initial taxi trials were performed at Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur (KnAAPO) manufacturing facility, where the prototypes are being built.

 

UAC also has the lead for development of the bomber. The organization established the Special Aircraft Div. on Dec. 28, focused on the industrial capacities at Tupolev and including the Kazan KAPO assembly facility, the Beriev design bureau and its assembly company, Taganrog Tagavia. The new division will have far-reaching responsibility, dealing with the production of strategic bombers, special-mission aircraft and amphibians, although PAK-DA will be the main focus in coming years.

 

The detailed performance requirement for PAK-DA is now being defined. Alexander Bobryshev, head of the Special Aircraft Div., says that the first stage of the conceptual design was conducted in 2009, with engineers concentrating on trying to combine the features of the current fleet of three bombers now in service — Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu‑22M3s.

 

“At the end of the first stage, we selected four options [for the future bomber] out of an initial 47 for further consideration and analysis,” Bobryshev said during a Dec. 23 meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Bobryshev committed to the design being completed in 2011-12, with development of the aircraft to be finished by 2017. Funding needs were not disclosed.

 

Zhikharev says the new bomber will be low-observable, using advanced materials and other technologies. However, he notes that it cannot be made “invisible,” signaling Russia will not pursue the all-aspect, multi-signature stealth performance the U.S. is considering for its next-generation bomber project.

 

In parallel with the bomber development, the Special Aircraft Div. is due to overhaul Tu-160s by modernizing the electronic-warfare suite and adding weapons. The defense ministry is expected to approve the company’s modernization proposal this year, Bobryshev says. The Russian air force is believed to have 13 Tu-160s and 63 Tu‑95MSs in service.

 

Also due this year is the first delivery of production standard Su-34s now that the service has finally taken delivery of the last of its pre-production batch of the Sukhoi strike aircraft, almost 20 years after the first prototype was flown.

 

The air force received the last two of the total of five pre-production aircraft on Dec. 19. The two aircraft were delivered to the combat training center at Lipetsk, which already houses two of the aircraft. The fifth aircraft is believed to be at the air force’s flight-test center at Akhtubinsk.

 

Air force officers suggest that with the arrival of the additional two aircraft, personnel at Lipetsk will be able to start training flight and ground crew for units that will be converted to the type when it enters frontline service.

 

The Su-34 — originally known as the Su-27IB — emerged from a 1980s air force requirement to develop a successor to the Su-24 Fencer. The prototype Su-27IB flew in 1990. Development of the program, however, was repeatedly delayed during the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union and Russia’s economic difficulties.

 

Delivery of an initial batch of 32 production-standard aircraft will begin during the course of this year, according to Sukhoi officials. The Russian military placed the 32-aircraft order in 2008, with delivery to be completed during 2013.

 

The aircraft has already been tested in combat operations. Aircraft from Lipetsk were used during August 2008 in operations in South Ossetia to attack Georgian air defense and electronic-warfare systems.

 

The Su-34 is based on the Su-27UB design, but with a new forward section with a cockpit providing side-by-side seating for a two-man crew, as well as an increased takeoff weight and combat load. The Su-34 could eventually form the core of the air force’s tactical strike capability.

 

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