As RIA Novosti writes, the corresponding sample is already being assembled at the UEC-Kuznetsov enterprise, which is part of the United Engine Corporation (UEC) Rostec.
“Regarding the engine for PAK DA: the first engine“ in hardware ”has already been manufactured, it is currently being assembled and will be ready for bench tests by the end of the year.
We plan to start them at the beginning of next year, ”said Deputy General Director - Managing Director of the plant Alexei Sobolev.
He also noted that this power plant is the result of extensive cooperation of almost all enterprises that make up the UEC.
In February, it was reported that the first prototype of the engine for the new Russian strategic bomber PAK DA is planned to be manufactured in 2020.
In December 2019, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko announced that the construction of individual elements of the PAK DA had begun in Russia.