Saturday, December 17, 2011

Russian president offers India joint production of civilian aircraft

Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today offered joint development of civilian aircraft with India, saying the two nations could benefit in this from the accumulated experience in the development and production of combat jets.
"I discussed the idea of shifting our successful experience in the field of military aircraft to the civilian aviation, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year (during New Delhi visit)," Medvedev said.
The two leaders were addressing the CEO's of top Indian and Russian companies after their Kremlin summit today.
"Now we are moving towards implementing this idea, at least I hope so," Medvedev said.
India have jointly developed Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat jet and are involved in the developing Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft and Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA) for the military.
Earlier, Vice Premier Sergei Ivanov said Russia was offering joint production of new generation of civil aircraft including Sukhoi Superjet-100 regional jet and futuristic MS-21 medium haul aircraft.
16/12/11 Vinay Shukla/Daily News & Analysis
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