The National Research Center "Zhukovsky Institute" is working on a supersonic civil aircraft project that will be a unique technological breakthrough. The center's CEO, Andrey Dutov, called the project a "set of super-technologies."
The supersonic aircraft will be able to fly long distances at acceptable noise levels, and will also be equipped with a fundamentally new "dark cabin" — pilots rely on a synthesized image of the external space, transmitted from cameras and thermal imagers.
And today, the Russians are ahead in this area. In the West, the transfer of complex technical solutions to startups did not play the role that competitors were counting on. Traditional industry science was able to solve this complex problem. Moreover, this technology is applicable to other classes of aircraft: to expand the conditions for their safe operation.
Dutov added that in three to four years, we can expect the appearance of the "Strizh" flight demonstrator, which will incorporate all the advanced technologies. According to him, it will be an unmanned aerial vehicle — smaller than a real production aircraft. It differs from Western counterparts in its unique aerodynamic design with a large elongation nose.
The innovative design of the composite fuselage section with a mesh structural- силовая scheme and a built-in monitoring system based on fiber-optic strain sensors is being manufactured.
In the summer, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced a tender for the implementation of research work aimed at creating promising mainline and regional aircraft. The total cost of the contract was estimated at 13.44 billion rubles.
It also became known that the promising Russian aircraft MC-21-500 with a capacity of 270 passengers will fly in the sky with new PD-26 aircraft engines. While work is underway on the project, in the foreseeable future it is not necessary to talk about the implementation of the project.
Earlier www1.ru reported that ODK has accelerated the welding of parts for PD-8 and PD-14 engines by 10 times.