Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra on Wednesday. — AFP
Fifth Gen Aircraft to match US F-22 RaptorAjay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
Tribune News Service
India formally signed a deal with Russia to co-develop and co-produce a next generation fighter aircraft here today. This comes close on the heels of a series of multi-billion dollar contracts with the US for the supply of transport planes, reconnaissance aircrafts
and VVIP jets.
and VVIP jets.
Costing nearly $ 100 million (Rs 500 crore approx) a piece, the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) will technologically match the US developed F-22 Raptor — that costs $ 330 million a piece.
F22 Raptor
PAK FA RUSSIAN FGFA
The FGFA will be the IAF’s frontline fighter from 2020 onwards and some 300 of these fighters which will cost $ 30 billion (Rs 1,50,000 crore).
The FGFA will have advanced features such as stealth, super-cruise, ultra-manoeuvrability, highly integrated avionics suite, enhanced situational awareness, internal carriage of weapons and Network Centric Warfare capabilities.
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