The deeply modernized newest strategic missile carrier Tu-95MSM is capable of flying along a programmed route completely without crew participation. This was stated on the program "Voennaya Priemka" by the test pilot of the bomber's developer.
We have achieved the aircraft's ability to independently perform flight stages without pilot intervention along a programmed route.
According to him, the Tu-95MSM received a new cockpit. Each crew member will have their own display with indication, to which any flight parameter can be displayed, or data on system operation can be obtained.
The developer's representative added that the Tu-95MSM missile carrier provides for a system of instrument redundancy. This refers to both analog instruments in a new design and completely modern ones.
In early 2023, OAK announced that the Tu-95MSM had completed a test flight, during which system and equipment checks were performed