MUMBAI (PTI): The signing of a contract worth around USD 2.2 billion between India and Russia for licence production of 42 Su-30MKIs marks a significant step in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)'s preparedness to manufacture fighter aircraft indigenously, a former top official of the company has said.
The 42 aircraft would be built at the HAL's Nashik plant and delivered to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the next 4-5 years, the firm's former Managing Director (Nashik and Koraput Divisions) Prakash V Deshmukh told PTI.
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