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Russia has 9 Su-30MKI assembly kits left to deliver to India

Russian Aviaton » Friday February 27, 2015 14:13 MSK
Su-30MKI

In 2015 Irkut Corporation will deliver six Su-30MKI assembly kits to India (fighters will be assembled by HAL), RIA Novosti reports with reference to Senior Vice-President of the corporation, Vitaly Borodich.

“We have six assembly kits (including materials, components, etc.) left to deliver under contract for delivery of 42 kits signed in 2012,” Borodich said at Aero India 2015 airshow.

The contract will be implemented this year, the source added. We remind you that a total of 222 assembly kits should be delivered to India.

Russia and India are the largest partners in the area of military-technical cooperation: over 70% of weapons and military equipment used by Indian army, air forces and navy were manufactured in USSR and Russia.

According to the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, in 2013 Russia delivered weapons and military equipment to India worth $4,78 billion, in 2014 - $4,7 billion.