UAC is currently working on three new modifications of the Su-75 Checkmate light tactical aircraft with altered wing and fuselage shape and reduced visibility for radar detection systems. This was known from a number of existing patents. TASS.
One of the Federal Intellectual Property Service’s published documents includes a patent for an “inconspicuous, single-engine, single-seat airplane.”
This patent describes a visual and colorful aircraft that closely resembles previously officially released images and live mock-ups of Checkmate. According to the schemes, the wing of the aircraft received an additional interior of reverse swept flaperons with a larger area. In addition, the wingtail was expanded, creating a trapezoidal stabilizer with a slight elongation.
Maya Karlin, former columnist for the American edition of 19FortyFive statedThe Russian advanced light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as the Checkmate and the Su-75, appears doomed.
Formerly in the Armed Forces in the open Source of information on the departures of Russian strategic aviation.