Russian aircraft designer Tupolev began working on the PAK DA design in the early 2000s. T he US Air Force’s B-2 “Spirit” ...

Key Points – Russia’s PAK DA (“Poslannik”) next-generation stealth bomber program has one goal: Envisioned by Tupolev as a flying-wing aircraft to replace aging Tu-95s and Tu-160s. -The ...

Inevitably, the Russians will have to prioritize the creation of their Tu-PAK DA bomber. Otherwise, they will have left a significant strategic gap for the Americans to fly through with their B-21.

Introducing the PAK DA The Russian Air Force has had a stealth bomber in the works for quite some time. Initial requirements were formulated in the 1990s and by the first decade of the 2000’s ...

The PAK-DA, which is being developed by Tupolev, is expected to be a subsonic flying-wing aircraft that is roughly analogous to the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and the US Air Force’s forthcoming Long ...

The PAK-DA, which literally means "prospective aviation complex for long-range aviation," is Russia's next generation long-range bomber project and it aims to one day replace the Tu-95 Bear and ...

The PAK DA is a Russian next-generation strategic bomber design, developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau. The PAK DA was planned to be a new stealthy strategic bomber and is expected to enter service ...

Russia has reportedly begun construction of its next-generation PAK DA stealth bomber as part of an apparent strategic effort to usher in a new era of stealth bombing technology. Moscow hopes to ...

This is significantly less than the speed of the Tu-160 strategic bomber that the new PAK DA is supposed to replace in Russia’s air force. The machine will use only intra-fuselage weapons in ...

The PAK DA will receive an active, electronically scanned array radar based on the one used by the Sukhoi Su-57 fighter. The bomber will also have an optoelectronic sight from an unknown manufacturer.

Russia’s next-generation strategic bomber, dubbed PAK-DA (an acronym for “prospective aviation complex for long-range aviation”), will be delayed past 2023 IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly reports.

The PAK-DA program began in 2009, when Moscow held a competition to design a new long-range bomber. Tupolev, a Moscow-based aircraft design bureau with roots going back to before World War II, won ...