russia, india discuss fgfa advanced fighter, su-30mki upgrade 27 october 2016 sputnik the india-russia intergovernmental commission on military and technical cooperation held a meeting in new delhi. facebook shoigu , fgfa , su-30mki 




indian and russian defence delegations discussed joint defence projects and defence issues of mutual interest, in particular, the sukhoi/hal fifth generation fighter aircraft (fgfa) and the upgrade of the sukhoi su-30mki fighter, the sources at the indian defence ministry sources told sputnik. on wednesday, the india-russia intergovernmental commission on military and technical cooperation held a meeting in new delhi, bringing together the delegations headed by russian defence minister sergei shoigu and his indian counterpart manohar parrikar. 




"we discussed<u+2026> the fgfa project and [upgrade] of su-30mki which is presently india's priority," the sources said on wednesday. 




the russian-indian fgfa has stealth capabilities and is based on the russian t-50 prototype jet. the fgfa project came about following the signing of a russian-indian cooperation agreement on october 18, 2007. 




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