According to him, the first flight model should be created at the turn of 2023-2024.
Chemezov noted that the aircraft is being created at the corporation's own expense, without attracting budget money.
In July 2021, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, announced that the cost of the Checkmate fighter would be $25-30 million.
The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, also spoke in an interview with RT Arabic about the prospects for the Russian fifth-generation single-engine fighter Checkmate.