Russia and India close to sealing fifth-generation fighter collaboration
By Matthew Bell
ttp://www.janes.com/news/defence/jdi/jdi101029_1_n.shtml Russia and India will sign an agreement in December to co-develop a fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA),
according to a Russian state news report.
News of the planned accord follows talks between Russia's Sukhoi and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
in early 2010 to jointly develop a jet dubbed PAK FA, RIA Novosti reported on 27 October.
Russia and India agreed to develop a single-seat and a two-seat version of the aircraft by 2016, which will probably
be based on the T-50 prototype fifth-generation fighter expected to be in service with the Russian air force in 2015,
the report added.
In October India's Defence Minister A K Antony confirmed that a deal to jointly design, develop and produce up to
300 FGFA was imminent. In a statement by the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 7 October, Antony said the
FGFA would be jointly developed during the next decade.
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