Sukhoi T-75 LTS (CheckMate)

[Avimimus]

Well, they have the S-70 Okhotnik-B project for that purpose. But an LTS derived unmanned drone would provide supersonic dash (which can be useful for supporting a supersonic platform) as a kind-of loyal wingman, and you can sell a manned export version to cover some of the development costs. I think there is a room for both doctrinally.

 

[snne]

Well, they have the S-70 Okhotnik-B project for that purpose. But an LTS derived unmanned drone would provide supersonic dash (which can be useful for supporting a supersonic platform) as a kind-of loyal wingman, and you can sell a manned export version to cover some of the development costs. I think there is a room for both doctrinally.

Okhotnik is not quite what I mean, it is certainly as complex as the Checkmate. What I propose would be more in the class of nEUROn, Anka 3, X-47B, etc. . It would be less complex and cheaper to acquire&operate.