The Russian-Indian project to jointly design a fifth generation fighter jet has been frozen, but there is a possibility to resume the talks on the issue in the future, Director of Russia's Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th August, 2018) The Russian-Indian project to jointly design a fifth generation fighter jet has been frozen, but there is a possibility to resume the talks on the issue in the future, Director of Russia's Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik.
"It is frozen for now. But we hope that we will return to the dialogue on the fifth generation fighter," Shugaev said.
The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project is part of India's current government policy Make in India. On the Russian side, the developer is the JSC Sukhoi Company, the Indian side is represented by the Hindustan Aeronautics.
