The first prototype of the Sukhoi "Checkmate" has begun production.
Considering that the project was only made public about 4 months ago, this is an extremely aggressive timeline, particularly for an export oriented private venture that does not have have a lead customer:
The first flying prototypes of the Sukhoi Checkmate single-engined fighter are now being built at United Aircraft Corp.’s manufacturing plant at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Siberia, the company’s chief executive said at the Dubai Airshow.
“I would like to hint that the plant at Komsomolsk has started to build a few prototypes for the starting batch,” Yuri Slyusar told reporters after a flashy unveiling event late Nov. 14 inside the Checkmate Pavilion on the static display.
It should be interesting to see how this develops.
M guess is that they are intending to leverage as much as possible from its twin engine sibling Su-57 "Felon" to get this program up and running.
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