Contract on Russian-Indian Joint 5th Gen Fighter Jet to Be Signed Shortly

© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sisoev / Go to the mediabankRussia's T-50 fighter at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky.
Russia's T-50 fighter at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky. - Sputnik International
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The contract on creation of a Russia-India fifth-generation FGFA fighter will be signed shortly, the general director of Russia's Rostec state corporation said Tuesday.

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ZHUKOVSKY (Sputnik) – The Russian-Indian Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) has stealth capabilities and is based on the Russian T-50 prototype jet.

"As far as the fifth-generation [plane] is concerned, the work is underway. The first stage is complete. The second stage is being discussed. I think it will be completed in near future, the documents have been signed," Sergey Chemezov told a press conference.

The FGFA project came about following the signing of a Russian-Indian cooperation agreement on October 18, 2007. 

 

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