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RUSSIAN MILITARY TO PURCHASE 16 MIG-29SMT FIGHTER JETS - REPORT
August 20, 2013 - 11:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Defense Ministry and the MiG aircraft
corporation have agreed the purchase of 16 MiG-29SMT fighter jets
until 2016, RIA Novosti said citing the Kommersant daily.
The agreement is part of the government's effort to keep the struggling
combat aircraft maker afloat following the announced delay of the
contract on the purchase of 37 MiG-35 fighters until after 2016.
"The MiG corporation will have three years to perfect the design of its
MiG-35 aircraft and prepare its smooth transition to mass production,"
the source told Kommersant on condition of anonymity.
"Meanwhile, we will work together on MiG-29SMT, which is already in
service [with the Russian Air Force], and at the same time support our
[aircraft-making] industry," the source said.
Sources in Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which includes
the MiG company, confirmed the upcoming deal adding that an option
for the purchase of a second batch of MiG-29SMTs will be offered to
the military.
August 20, 2013 - 11:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Defense Ministry and the MiG aircraft
corporation have agreed the purchase of 16 MiG-29SMT fighter jets
until 2016, RIA Novosti said citing the Kommersant daily.
The agreement is part of the government's effort to keep the struggling
combat aircraft maker afloat following the announced delay of the
contract on the purchase of 37 MiG-35 fighters until after 2016.
"The MiG corporation will have three years to perfect the design of its
MiG-35 aircraft and prepare its smooth transition to mass production,"
the source told Kommersant on condition of anonymity.
"Meanwhile, we will work together on MiG-29SMT, which is already in
service [with the Russian Air Force], and at the same time support our
[aircraft-making] industry," the source said.
Sources in Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which includes
the MiG company, confirmed the upcoming deal adding that an option
for the purchase of a second batch of MiG-29SMTs will be offered to
the military.