Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Wednesday announced that India will begin production of an export variant of the Sukhoi's T-50 stealth fighter from 2020, while on a state visit to New Delhi.
"The technical characteristics have been confirmed to our (Russia and India) defense ministries. We propose serial production of the plane should start by 2020," he said, following the meeting of an Indian-Russian intergovernmental commission.
Currently undergoing flight tests by the Russian Air Force, the T-50 is a prototype of a multirole stealth fighter jet which will an electronically-scanned active-array radar, super cruise capability, high maneuverability and low radar and infrared signatures.
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