By the end of the year the MoD will sign contracts for the supply of 46 Su-30SM2 and Yak-130 aircraft

Vladislav Perminov

Минобороны до конца года подпишет контракты на поставку 46 самолетов Су-30СМ2 и Як-130 - Армия и ОПК - ТАСС

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The total amount of the two contracts will amount to more than 100 billion rubles, said Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu

IRKUTSK, August 12. / TASS /. By the end of the year, the Russian Defense Ministry will sign two state contracts for the supply of 46 Su-30SM2 and Yak-130 aircraft, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

"We have made a decision and will sign this year, in addition to the existing two state contracts worth more than 100 billion rubles, under which 21 Su-30SM2 fighters and 25 Yak-130 combat training aircraft will be built," he said at a meeting with industry representatives ...

According to him, the next contract will be related to the repair of Su-30 aircraft. It will be concluded next year for 7.2 billion rubles.

Shoigu noted that at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant "there was and is going on quite a lot of modernization, new production capacities are emerging, the plant is acquiring additional production capabilities."

Addressing the leadership of the aircraft industry, he called for reducing the cost of a flight hour and building work on the basis of full life cycle contracts. The minister warned that the military would tightly control the execution of contracts and, in case of violation of their terms, punish them up to termination.

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