By Anurag Kotoky
November 14, 2017, 5:56 PM GMT+7
- Negotiations
are ongoing with more than 30 governments
- Plane
is advanced successor to best-selling MiG-29 model
Russia is targeting export sales of at least $10 billion
for the new MiG-35, the country’s most advanced jet fighter, as it prepares to
offer the aircraft commercially from next year.
Negotiations are underway with more than 30 countries
that fly the older MiG-29 about upgrading their existing fleets or adding extra
planes, Ilya Tarasenko, Director General of Russian Aircraft Corp. MiG, said
Tuesday, putting a value to sales ambitions for the plane for the first time.
The export target for the the aircraft, which is
undergoing tests, doesn’t include anticipated cash flow from related
maintenance contracts and post-warranty support, Tarasenko said in an interview
at the Dubai air show.
Speaking through an interpreter, he added that the
MiG-35’s range, greater weapons load and reduced radar signature make it ideal
for Middle Eastern countries. The aircraft is a development of the MiG-29 and,
outside Russia, has so far won orders from Egypt.
An earlier iteration of the model missed out on a major
order from India, though plans to market the plane there to meet additional
requirements have been revived.
Original post: bloomberg.com
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