India produces stealth fighter

India plans to spend nearly $ 6 billion to develop stealth fighters with Russia in the next 10 years.

After years of hard negotiations, New Delhi has finalized a preliminary design contract (PDC) with Moscow. Accordingly, India will participate in the development of the so-called fifth generation stealth fighter with Russia, the Business Standard quoted a senior Indian Defense Ministry official as saying.

A Russian PAK-FA (Photo: Wired)

The Indian Security Council may discuss the PDC this month. If approved, the deal will be officially signed during a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to New Delhi in December.

" Once the PDC is signed, we will refund the cost of the aircraft," said Navak, president of Hindustan Airways (HAL), which will be responsible for the design and production of stealth fighter aircraft. In less than 1.5 years, the development and production process will take about 10 years. "On the cost side, India will have to spend nearly $ 6 billion ."

India will be responsible for about 30% of the design work in the project and mainly focus on integrated parts related to stealth functions and some electronic devices such as electronic boards, electronic and cockpit design. In addition, India is responsible for the design of a single-seat, two-seat stealth fighter.

According to Indian Defense Ministry officials, the Air Force will deploy about 250 stealth fighter jets, each worth about $ 100 million.

Since the 1990s, the Sukhoi Design Bureau has developed a fifth generation PAK-FA stealth fighter with over 5,000km range to compete with the same F-22 fighter. . The F-22 is the only fifth-generation fighter ever to be put into service in the world. Meanwhile, the first Russian stealth fighter to make its first flight in January this year. However, the Russian leadership believes that their PAK-FA will outperform the F-22 in terms of sophistication, sophistication and cost.