Russia to complete overhaul of 63 Indian fighter jets in 2013
11:27, 18 September 2009
MOSCOW. September 18. KAZINFORM Russia will finish upgrading MiG-29 fighters in service with the Indian air force in 2013, a Russian defense industry source has said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
Russia's MiG company signed last year a contract with the Indian Defense Ministry to upgrade over 60 MiG-29 fighters, in service since the 1980s.
"The implementation of the contract started last year, and it will be fulfilled in 2013," the source told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
According to the source, during the upgrade the MiG-29s will be fitted with advanced avionics, new multi-functional Zhuk-ME radars, a new weapon control system, as well as revamped engines; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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