IS Russia developed 6th generation fighter aircraft

 

Russia may develop the sixth generation fighter jet under the mig sukhoi joint brand rostec aviation cluster industrial director anatoly sergikov said on tuesday possibly this will be so the fighter produced by the mig sukhoi but so far all the work is at the stage of discussions and it is early to speak about details sergikov said in an interview with rbc media group replying to a question about the brand under which the new fighter would be created then deputy prime minister of russia dimitri rogison announced in march 2016 that russia had launched work on the sixth-generation combat plane rogen said at the time that the sukhoi design bureau had submitted a preliminary project for creating the sixth generation fighter among the typical characteristics of the sixth generation fighter specialists note its capability to perform combat missions without human participation and its artificial intelligence the availability of a radio photonic radar the ability to develop hypersonic speed and fly into the near-earth space and employ weapons based on new physical principles russian aerospace force x commander-in-chief chairman of the federation council's defense and security committee victor bonderev earlier told tas that the russian armed forces would be switching to the sixth generation hardware including strike drones smoothly and gradually after getting convinced in the reliability of previous generation aircraft fifth-gen fighter jets were considered a marvel when they came into existence the us and russia operated fighter jets like f-22s f-35s and su-57 became household names as they revolutionized aerial combats however experts say that the end fifth generation aircraft is near with the arrival of sixth gen jets writing for the national interest mizakami believes that the sixth generation fighter jet will feature decisive improvements over current gen fighters making air forces deadlier and more effective than ever before these improvements could possibly include addition usage of artificial intelligence drones laser weapons and increased flying range drone technology will play a bigger role when six-gen jets get commissioned drones could be used alongside six-gen fighter jets to carry an assortment of missions including but not limited to searching and destroying enemy surface-to-air radars waiting for careful radar operators to turn their radars back on broadcasting powerful jamming signals or impersonate the sixth-generation fighter on the radar in misakami's opinion if a mission is intercepted by enemy fighters drones armed with air-to-air missiles could outflank the enemy or act as bait drawing them into a trap laid by the man fighters additionally other drones could act as flying magazines for the man fighters carrying even more precision guided missiles to drop on enemy targets the addition of drones will allow air forces to buy back numbers of aeroplanes overall while the cost of manned aircraft skyrockets they will also allow fighter pilots to not enter dangerous or heavily guarded airspace thus saving human lives every generation of fighter jets has increased flying range and six gen fighters would try and do the same currently fifth-gen fighters in countries in north america europe and asia are multi-role aircraft with a fairly typical combat radius of only 670 nautical miles as tensions increase in the pacific due to chinese aggression or as countries prepare for a potential battle over the frozen arctic increased range for fighter jets is on the mind of many the vastness of the pacific ocean as well as eastern europe and european russia means that tactical aircraft may have to travel long ranges to reach their targets this situation is further complicated by the abundance of tactical and short-range ballistic missiles in russian and chinese inventories and efforts by both countries to cripple us and nato air power by targeting tankers and early warning aircraft with long-range missiles the introduction of laser weapons could revolutionize short-range aerial warfare according to mizukami at present the popular f-35 used chemical energy guns in the 20-30 millimeters range and has retained guns but the need to store all the weapons fuel and sensors inside the aircraft fuselage which severely restrict the size of the gun magazine however with the addition of laser weapons the weapon would simply require the laser and draw power from the aircraft's engine or engines storing it and then releasing it in pulses of the concentrated beam this would be a massive improvement in chemical energy guns agreed that laser might need an energy storage system but it would theoretically have an unlimited number of shocks additionally a laser would travel in an absolutely straight line at 186000 miles a second making hitting enemy aircraft much easier and it could also be used as a defensive weapon system shooting down incoming air-to-air missiles flying a fifth-gen fighter jet is a herculean task in itself and the abundance of sensor data from the pilots aircraft nearby aircraft ships ground forces satellites and other sources of information makes it not any easier therefore having artificial intelligence ai systems that could prioritize information shared with the pilot would a great technological advancement the sixth generation fighter developers can be divided into two categories the united states which has developed and deployed two stealth fighter types and countries that have skipped or given up on their attempt to build fifth generation's jets these latter countries have concluded that doing so is so time consuming and expensive that it makes more sense to focus on tomorrow's technology than try to catch up with today's the latter include france germany and the united kingdom which are in the preliminary stages of developing sixth-generation fcas and tempest fighters russia which has given up on developing its su-57 stealth fighter for at least a decade but is talking up a conceptual sixth-generation mig-41 interceptor and japan which is contemplating a domestic sixth-generation f3 stealth jet but may settle for a foreign-inspired fifth-generation design currently the united states has two projects the air force is penetrating counter-air along long-range stealth fighter to escort stealth bombers and the navy's faxx so far boeing lockheed martin and northrop grumman have unveiled sixth-generation concepts furthermore a third set of countries notably including india and china are still refining the technology for the manufacture of fourth and fifth generation aircraft.