Russia,India to sign contract for sketching 5th generation jet soon
NEW DELHI. March 13. KAZINFORM. Russia and India will sign a contract for a technical sketch project of fifth generation jets within several months, the head of Sukhoi corporation, Mikhail Pogosian, said on Friday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
"We are in the process of negotiations. They will be completed in the near future and we shall ink a contract for the technical sketch project of this plane then," Pogosian said, adding that such major undertakings were very time-consuming.
This is one of the reasons why the contract was not signed during Vladimir Putin's visit to India, he added.
On February 16 Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko said that a Russian-Indian project for jointly developing a fifth generation fighter would enter into the active implementation phase this year; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.
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