Thursday 13 August 2020

Tu-160M2 and Tu-22M3M aircraft will receive communications complex from fifth generation Su-57 fighter

Yuri Kiselev

Самолеты Ту-160М2 и Ту-22М3М получат комплекс связи от истребителя пятого поколения Су-57 - Армия и ОПК - ТАСС

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The Ruselectronics holding pointed out that the main advantages of the complex are high reliability, speed of information transfer, low weight and energy efficiency.

MOSCOW, August 12. / TASS /. The upgraded Tu-160M2 strategic missile carriers and Tu-22M3M bombers will receive new communication systems developed on the basis of the platform for the fifth generation Su-57 fighter. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Ruselectronics holding (part of Rostec).

"The complex was developed on the basis of a communication platform created for the fifth generation fighter Su-57. Its main advantages are high reliability, speed of information transfer, low weight and energy efficiency. The technical solutions incorporated in the creation of the complex make it possible to quickly increase its technical functionality by improving the software. ", - said the holding.

The new communication complex is currently being developed by specialists of the Polyot Research and Production Enterprise of the Ruselectronics holding. "The complex is passing the stage of flight tests and shows high tactical and technical characteristics," the press service emphasized.

In 2015, it became known about the decision to resume production of Tu-160 bombers in the modernized version of Tu-160M2. In January 2019, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the Russian Armed Forces will receive four new Tu-160M2 strategic bombers by 2023.

Tu-160M2 is a completely new machine with tactical and technical characteristics, which are unmatched in the world in almost all respects and are not yet expected in the foreseeable future.

In parallel, PJSC Tupolev is upgrading Tu-22M3 bombers to the level of Tu-22M3M with significantly improved combat characteristics.

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