When the upcoming B-21 “Raider” reaches its production phase, it will represent an even more lethal threat to American adversaries. However, other nations (namely Russia and China) are simultaneously ...

Russia is developing its first stealth bomber in over four decades, the PAK-DA, designed for long-range, low-observable ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 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’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.