Russia to Begin Mass Production of New Fighter Jet in 2026
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Russia will begin mass-producing its new fifth-generation fighter jet, the Checkmate, in 2026.
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Russia's Checkmate was unveiled on July 21
Yury Slyusar, the general director of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), said on Sunday that the country will begin mass production of its new single-engine, fifth-generation fighter jet, the Checkmate, in 2026.
"The first flight of the fifth-generation fighter Checkmate is planned for 2023, serial production — in 2026," said Slyusair at the UAE's Dubai Air Show.
He added that several of the cutting-edge fighter jet are already being produced simultaneously by a plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in Russia's Far East.
"The Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant has started building several Checkmate [fighters] at the same time," Slyusar announced.
The Checkmate is a fifth-generation light fighter jet, developed by the Sukhoi Designer Bureau, and it was first unveiled at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Moscow in July.
