IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING AN INTERCEPTOR CONCEPT, RSK MiG IS conducting conceptual work on variants of lightweight tactical combat aircraft. Sukhoi is undoubtedly doing so as well. These projects have lower status than the PAK DP project, given that there is no procurement or government fi nancing for the variants under study. Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec, to which UAC, RSK MiG and Sukhoi belong, told reporters in early December 2020 that the corporation is developing the concept of a fifth-generation fighter “in the light- and medium- weight class.” “This could be a universal platform in manned and unmanned versions,” he added. On Dec. 16, 2020, Andrei Yelchaninov, deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission board, told the Izvestia newspaper that “MiG is working on the creation of a light strike aircraft, which can be either manned or unmanned.”
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