SR-72 will reach hypersonic speeds for fast global deployment, focusing on stealth and evasion. PAK DA is a subsonic stealth bomber dedicated to dropping ordinance undetected. SR-72 is ...

While for most combat aircraft, faster is better and aerospace engineers have worked to achieve that goal, in the case of the PAK DA, Tupolev has actually gone the other way and intends to produce ...

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The Russians call their version of this system the “PAK DA.” Built by the iconic Tupolev Design Bureau, there is much debate in the West about whether this plane will even fly anytime soon.

"The production of airframe elements will be handled by one of the United Aircraft ... Tupolev Design Bureau’s press service refrained from commenting on construction of the first PAK DA.