UAC: the unmanned Checkmate will enable new tactics 
The unmanned version of the light tactical aircraft (LTS) Checkmate will enable new tactical techniques. Features of the stand-alone version of Checkmate General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar revealed TASS.
He stressed that Checkmate was originally created as the basis for a family of aircraft complexes. The aircraft will become a platform for unmanned and optionally piloted modifications.
“An unmanned modification is not just a tribute to fashion. Already at an early stage of the project, we lay in it ample opportunities for use in network-centric military operations. The aircraft will be able to exchange information and direct other aviation complexes and unmanned aerial vehicles to targets. The use of unmanned versions of the vehicle will allow, among other things, to implement new tactics, “Slyusar said.
LTS was presented at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021 in July. The aircraft will receive a radar station with an active phased antenna array, an electronic warfare system, as well as optical and electronic reconnaissance equipment. As the head of “Rostec” Sergey Chemezov noted, the cost of the aircraft will be from 25 to 35 million dollars.
At the presentation of the aircraft in July, Yuri Slyusar spoke about the creation of an unmanned modification of Checkmate. According to him, a single-engine fighter could arouse interest of the Russian Aerospace Forces.