June 18, 2015

Russian Air Force PAK DA engine bench testing successful







Translated from Russian
The first engine test bench (LED), created for the PAK DA (PAK DA) showed almost complete compliance with the required specifications, told RIA Novosti CEO of "United Engine Building Corporation" (UEC, is a Rostec) Vladislav Masalov at the air show Paris Air Show -2015.

"Currently, this sample are fulfilled all the necessary parameters, matching the flight characteristics of the new bomber. During the first tests carried out showed the product characteristics that are close to the desired" - said Masalov, noting that the first bench testing a prototype of the new engine of Samara "Kuznetsov" held at the end of 2014.
He stressed that the Corporation expects that this year will be able to conduct gas-dynamic test of a prototype engine, RIA Novosti reported.

Earlier, the press service reported Rostec the engine for PAK DA (PAK DA) will be based on the unified gas generator NK-32 of the second stage, set in the Russian strategic bomber Tu-160. This was announced by the representative of the United Engine Corporation at "Oboronekspo 2014".

"The Tu-160 has engine NK-32, it will have a number of technical changes and improvements, and the engine will go to the PAK DA. It will be a new engine on the basis of unified gas generator NK-32 of the second stage ", - quotes RIA" Novosti "representative of the JDC in the exhibition" Oboronekspo 2014 ".

The JDC made it clear that the establishment of the new engine will be allocated 8 billion rubles. budget, plus the Corporation's own resources. The contract on the engine for the PAK DA is not signed yet, but there are common parameters of the power plant and the preliminary schedule, conditions and deadlines are discussed.

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