Military and Commercial Technology: UAC head: Tests of Tu-95MSM missile carrier will take place by the end of August

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

UAC head: Tests of Tu-95MSM missile carrier will take place by the end of August

Dmitry Sukhov

UAC head: Tests of Tu-95MSM missile carrier will take place by the end of August - Military News, Russia News - EADaily

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3 August 2020

The first test flight of the deeply modernized strategic missile carrier Tu-95MSM will take place before the end of August this year. The head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Yuri Slyusar , reported this to Russian President Vladimir Putin today, August 3 .

“I hope that the long-awaited deeply modernized Tu-95 will take off in Taganrog by the end of August. The machine is not only based on the old glider. We also altered the glider: we strengthened the wing, changed individual glider units, ”he said.

“A vehicle with a new armament system, with a new on-board complex of electronic equipment, with new modified engines, new propellers, and, in fact, the combat capabilities of the vehicle have doubled after this modernization. After the departure, tests will continue, and, in fact, the modernization of the entire fleet of long-range strategic missile carriers will continue along this path, ”explained Slyusar.

He also recalled that a deeply modernized long-range supersonic missile-carrying bomber Tu-22M3M took off during the tests.

“This is a deeply modernized aircraft based on the Tu-22M3. This is a start, by and large, this is an aerodynamic appearance, a completely new car, a new composition of onboard equipment, an electronic complex, an onboard complex equipped, a rod refueling. That is, it is a fundamentally new vehicle with enhanced combat capabilities for our latest weapons, ”added the head of the UAC.

As EADaily reported , according to the press service of Tupolev, together with TANTK im. GM Beriev completed work on the first deeply modernized Tu-95MSM. The upgraded aircraft systems were tested.

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