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INDIA TO INVEST $25 BILLION IN FIFTH-GENERATION FIGHTER JOINT PROJECT WITH RUSSIA
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
March 9, 2015 16:37
INDIA IS READY TO SEAL A BIG PROJECT WITH RUSSIA FOR THE STEALTH
FIFTH-GENERATION FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (FGFA), THE TIMES OF INDIA WROTE
REFERRING TO THE COUNTRY’S DEFENSE MINISTRY.
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STEPANAKERT, MARCH 9, ARTSAKHPRESS: "Faced with continuing deadlock
in the mega deal to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters, India is now
pressing the throttle to seal the even bigger project with Russia for
the stealth fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA)," the newspaper
wrote. "India will overall spend around $25 billion on the FGFA
project if it goes ahead with its plan to induct 127 such fighters,
as earlier reported by TOI. Meanwhile, India is ready to forego the
earlier plan for a 50:50 design and work-share agreement with Russia
on its under-development FGFA called PAK-FA or Sukhoi T-50."
The PAK FA - "Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation" -
is a fifth-generation fighter program of the Russian Air Force. The
T-50 is the aircraft designed by Sukhoi for the PAK FA program. The
aircraft is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and will be
the first operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth
technology. It is a multirole combat aircraft designed for the air
superiority and ground attack functions. It combines supercruise,
stealth, manoeuvrability, and advanced avionics to overcome previous
generation fighter aircraft along with many ground and maritime
defences.
The PAK FA is intended to be the successor to the MiG-29 and Su-27 in
the Russian Air Force and serve as the basis for the Fifth Generation
Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being co-developed by Sukhoi and Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force. The T-50 prototype
first flew on 29 January 2010 and production aircraft is slated for
delivery to the Russian Air Force starting in 2016. The prototypes
and initial production batch will be delivered with a highly upgraded
variant of the AL-31F used by the Su-27 family as interim engines while
a new clean-sheet design powerplant is currently under development. The
aircraft is expected to have a service life of up to 35 years.
http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/13936/india-to-invest-$25-billion-in-fifth-g
eneration-fighter-joint-project-with-russia.html
From: Baghdasarian
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
March 9, 2015 16:37
INDIA IS READY TO SEAL A BIG PROJECT WITH RUSSIA FOR THE STEALTH
FIFTH-GENERATION FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (FGFA), THE TIMES OF INDIA WROTE
REFERRING TO THE COUNTRY’S DEFENSE MINISTRY.
[13936.jpg]
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 9, ARTSAKHPRESS: "Faced with continuing deadlock
in the mega deal to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters, India is now
pressing the throttle to seal the even bigger project with Russia for
the stealth fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA)," the newspaper
wrote. "India will overall spend around $25 billion on the FGFA
project if it goes ahead with its plan to induct 127 such fighters,
as earlier reported by TOI. Meanwhile, India is ready to forego the
earlier plan for a 50:50 design and work-share agreement with Russia
on its under-development FGFA called PAK-FA or Sukhoi T-50."
The PAK FA - "Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation" -
is a fifth-generation fighter program of the Russian Air Force. The
T-50 is the aircraft designed by Sukhoi for the PAK FA program. The
aircraft is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and will be
the first operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth
technology. It is a multirole combat aircraft designed for the air
superiority and ground attack functions. It combines supercruise,
stealth, manoeuvrability, and advanced avionics to overcome previous
generation fighter aircraft along with many ground and maritime
defences.
The PAK FA is intended to be the successor to the MiG-29 and Su-27 in
the Russian Air Force and serve as the basis for the Fifth Generation
Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being co-developed by Sukhoi and Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force. The T-50 prototype
first flew on 29 January 2010 and production aircraft is slated for
delivery to the Russian Air Force starting in 2016. The prototypes
and initial production batch will be delivered with a highly upgraded
variant of the AL-31F used by the Su-27 family as interim engines while
a new clean-sheet design powerplant is currently under development. The
aircraft is expected to have a service life of up to 35 years.
http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/13936/india-to-invest-$25-billion-in-fifth-g
eneration-fighter-joint-project-with-russia.html
From: Baghdasarian