The presentation and flight demonstration of Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK FA) to the delegation of Indian Ministry of Defense headed by Indian Deputy Minister of Defense R.K. Singh has taken place today at Gromov Flight Research Institute’s airfield, the Sukhoi Company reports. AEX.ru
President of UAC, CEO of Sukhoi Company and MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation, Mikhail Pogosyan, has taken part in the event on the part of Russia. Indian Air Force Commander, Pradeep Vasant Naik, has studied the aircraft in the end of May.
The joint program between Russia and India on creation of Prospective Multi-role Fighter (PMF) is the largest project in the area of military-technical cooperation between two countries. The work on its implementation is carried out in accordance with agreement between Government of Russian Federation and India on cooperation during development and manufacture of PMF signed on October 18th 2007 in the network of the 7th meeting of Russian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission on military-technical cooperation.
Rosoboronexport, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Sukhoi Company have signed a contract on development of draft engineering design of the aircraft in December 2010 within the framework of Vladimir Putin’s visit to India. It is the first document regulating the parties’ obligations on different project’s stages. PMF will be developed on the basis of PAK FA. The testing of PAK FA is being successfully carried out by Sukhoi. Two test jets have performed about 70 flights.