<p>India and Russia are expected to sign an inter-governmental agreement on supply on components by the end of this year, a top HAL executive has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We are already supplying navigation and communication equipment for installation on the Su-30MK series of fighters exported by Russia to other countries," GM of HAL's Nasik based Aircraft Manufacturing Division, V Balakrishnan said on sidelines of the International <br />Aerospace Show-MAKS-2009.</p>.<p><br />The new agreement would provide for expanding the inventory to include the supply of airframe components for the multi-role jets to be exported by Russia, he said.</p>.<p>Russia has supplied Su-30MK series fighters to Malaysia and Indonesia and there are plans to export this powerful weapons platform to Algeria and Venezuela, media reports said.</p>.<p>"Next year HAL will achieve 100 per cent indigenisation of the Sukhoi aircraft - from the production of raw materials to the final plane assembly. We're currently testing the locally produced engine for Su-30MKI and are planning to launch its production in 2010," Balakrishnan said.<br /><br /> </p>.<p>"HAL will manufacture 60 Su-30MKI fighters in the full production cycle till 1015," Balakrishnan said.</p>.<p><br />The aerospace company has a long history of cooperation with Russian aviation industry since it started licensed production of MiG-21 fighters in 1960s, the best combat jet of the Cold War-era. It is now involved in the production of Su-30MKI, believed to be the world's best in its class.</p>.<p><br />HAL's stall at the MAKS-2009 was inaugurated by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here.</p>.<p><br />The IAF is acquiring a total of 230 Su-30MKI multi-role jets by 2015, tailor-made to meet its requirements over next two decades. Under the Sukhoi deal HAL is to produce 140 jets under license involving 'deep' transfer of technology.</p>.<p>The work began in 2004 with the assembly of knockdown kits provided by Irkut Aircraft Corporation, now part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).</p>
<p>India and Russia are expected to sign an inter-governmental agreement on supply on components by the end of this year, a top HAL executive has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We are already supplying navigation and communication equipment for installation on the Su-30MK series of fighters exported by Russia to other countries," GM of HAL's Nasik based Aircraft Manufacturing Division, V Balakrishnan said on sidelines of the International <br />Aerospace Show-MAKS-2009.</p>.<p><br />The new agreement would provide for expanding the inventory to include the supply of airframe components for the multi-role jets to be exported by Russia, he said.</p>.<p>Russia has supplied Su-30MK series fighters to Malaysia and Indonesia and there are plans to export this powerful weapons platform to Algeria and Venezuela, media reports said.</p>.<p>"Next year HAL will achieve 100 per cent indigenisation of the Sukhoi aircraft - from the production of raw materials to the final plane assembly. We're currently testing the locally produced engine for Su-30MKI and are planning to launch its production in 2010," Balakrishnan said.<br /><br /> </p>.<p>"HAL will manufacture 60 Su-30MKI fighters in the full production cycle till 1015," Balakrishnan said.</p>.<p><br />The aerospace company has a long history of cooperation with Russian aviation industry since it started licensed production of MiG-21 fighters in 1960s, the best combat jet of the Cold War-era. It is now involved in the production of Su-30MKI, believed to be the world's best in its class.</p>.<p><br />HAL's stall at the MAKS-2009 was inaugurated by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here.</p>.<p><br />The IAF is acquiring a total of 230 Su-30MKI multi-role jets by 2015, tailor-made to meet its requirements over next two decades. Under the Sukhoi deal HAL is to produce 140 jets under license involving 'deep' transfer of technology.</p>.<p>The work began in 2004 with the assembly of knockdown kits provided by Irkut Aircraft Corporation, now part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).</p>
