Called the Checkmate SU-75, it is designed as an "inexpensive" rival to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. A subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation, Sukhoi is ...
Russia unveiled the Su-75 Checkmate stealth fighter in 2021 as a low-cost, single-engine alternative to America’s F-35—pricing it at $25-30 million, compared with the Lightning II’s $82-110 million.
Plans are to sell the jet into African and Middle Eastern countries, as well as India, Vietnam and Latin America from 2026. The new fifth-generation light single-engine fighter jet named ‘Checkmate’ ...