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MTA joint venture set up at long last counterpart is Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL). The signatories have a fifty-fifty ownership of the stock, with the joint venture being headquartered in Bangalore. The intergovernmental agreement on co-development and construction of the MTA was signed as far back as 2007. It makes provision for the production of 205 aircraft in Russia
Andrey Fomin
HAL
The long-awaited signature of an agreement on the establishment of Russian-Indian joint venture to develop the Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA) took place in India on 9 September. The Russian participants in the venture are the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and Rosoboronexport governmentowned corporation while their Indian
and India. The overall cost of the development is set at $600.7 million and will be shouldered by the parties equally. According to an official Indian Ministry of Defence news release circulated due to the establishing of the joint venture, the MTA will have a lifting capacity of 15–20 t to meet the concurrent
requirements of the Indian and Russian air forces. Its maximum takeoff weight will stand at 65 t, cruising speed will be 800 km/h, range will account for 2,500– 2,700 km and service ceiling will equal 12,000 m. The MTA will be powered by two turbofan engines. An MTA prototype may complete its maiden flight in 2016.
The first two Su-27SKMs were flown from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the Indonesian Air Force’s Sultan Hasanuddin air base in South Sulawesi province on 10 September, with the final – third – one airlifted
in on 16 September. On arrival, the fighters had been assembled and tested at the customer’s air base by later in September. The official handover ceremony was held by the Indonesian Air Force in late September, with the aircraft heaving participated in the traditional military parade in Jakarta on 5 October. Given the two Su-27SKs and two Su-30MKs delivered in 2003 (see the picture), the Indonesia Air Force has 10 Sukhoi fighters now but is not going to limit itself to the number. Soon after the delivery of the Su-27SKMs, the service’s commander, Air Marshal Imam Sufaat, indicated the Indonesian government’s intent to buy six more Sukhoi fighters from Russia. “Given the vast airspace of this country, 10 Sukhoi aircraft are not enough”, he told Indonesian news agency Antara. According to the Indonesian Air Force commander, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has given the green light to the decision to acquire a new batch of Sukhoi fighters from Russia.
Indonesia gets Su-27SKM
KnAAPO
In September, the Sukhoi company delivered the three Su-27SKM single-seat multirole fighters built by the Komsomolskon-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) under a
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contract of 2007 to Indonesia. The Su-27SKM is an upgrade of the baseline Su-27 fighter. Under the contract, KnAAPO earlier delivered three Su-30MK2 two-seaters during 2008–2009.
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