The Russian Federation is developing a supersonic airplane - technology demonstrator

Russia is creating a supersonic airplane - a technology demonstrator. This was reported in an interview with Izvestia by Sergei Chernyshev, scientific director of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The demonstrator will make it possible to test flight modes (takeoff, landing, overcoming the sound barrier and others) for the development of a future passenger airliner that will be able to cover the distance from Moscow to Vladivostok (or back) in two to three hours.

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"It is assumed that the civil supersonic aircraft will fly at a cruising speed corresponding to the Mach 1.8 number, which at an altitude of 14-16 km will be about 2,200 km/h. Most of the technologies within the project are worked out at the level of digital modeling and ground experiments. Including by blowing reduced models of the airplane in wind tunnels", - explained the scientist.

He added that the project is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade as part of the cooperation of scientific and educational organizations, where SIC "N.E. Zhukovsky Institute" performs an integrating and leading role in relation to all project participants, including TsAGI.

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