get short url 0 16 0 0 indian and russian defense delegations discussed joint defense projects and defense 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 defense ministry sources told sputnik. 




new delhi (sputnik) <u+2014> 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 defense minister sergei shoigu and his indian counterpart manohar parrikar. <u+00a9> ap photo/ aijaz rahi india seeks foreign defense firm to build domestic single-engine fighters 




"we discussed<u+2026> the fgfa project and [upgrade] of su-31 mki 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. su-30mki (flanker-h) multirole fighter
russia, india discuss fgfa advanced fighter, su-30mki upgrade
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