India, Russia entered into 2nd stage of talks for fighter aircraft
The Dollar Business Bureau India and Russia have moved to the second stage of discussions to sign a contract for the joint development of the Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) and both the sides will ink a contract very soon, said a top Russian official. Russian state corporation Rostec’s CEO Sergei Chemezov said that all the decisions for jointly developing the FGFA will be finished in the ‘nearest future’. In 2007, India and Russia had signed an inter-governmental agreement for the multi billion dollar FGFA project. “As for the 5th generation (fighter aircraft) - the work is underway. Stage one is over. Now we are discussing the second stage. And I think that in the nearest future, all decisions will be made and the contract ...
Indian Air Force wary about Russian Fighter Jet
The Dollar Business Bureau Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu calls on Prime Minister of India Narendera Modi, as the former visits India for the 14th meeting of the Inter Governmental Commission on Military and Technical Cooperation, which will be co-chaired by the Defence Minister of India Manohar Parrikar. If the sources have to be believed upon, one of the sources from Indian Defence Ministry was quoted to have told TASS, a Russian News Agency, that the Russian Minister would discuss the implementation of the joint project of a Fifth Generation Fighter Jet (FGFA). In 2014, this project had come under criticism from the Indian Air Force Command, which according to the sources, had said that Russia was unlikely ...
