The long-expected agreement on joint development of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) was signed in New Delhi. Anatoly Isaikin, general director of Russian state arms vendor Rosoboronexport, applied his signature on behalf of the Russian Federation.
The signing took place during the official vision of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to New Delhi. The agreement calls for design work on the Indian air force version of the Sukhoi T-50. The latter is being developed for the Russian air force in frame of the project entitled “Future Aviation Complex of the Frontline Aviation” (Russian acronym PAKFA).
The Indian air force version of the aircraft is expected to make its first flight in 2015-2016 timeframe. The draft design of this aircraft is estimated at US dollar 295million. The work shall be done within 18 months. The FGFA will be developed on the base of Sukhoi T-50, first prototype of which flew for the first time on 29 January 2010 and since then logged about forty test missions.











