China's People's Liberation Army Air Force must pay double what the Russian Air Force pays to purchase the country's Su-35 fighter, a source from Russia's aviation industry told the Moscow-based Vedomosti in a report published Aug. 11.
A contract for a new batch of Su-35 multirole air superiority fighters for the Russian Air Force will be signed between the Moscow-based United Aircraft Corporation and Russia's defense ministry at the opening ceremony of the Russian Worldwide Air Show, or MAKS 2015, on Aug. 25. Under the contract, UAC will supply 48 Su-35 fighters to the Russian Air Force before 2020. Sergey Shoigu, the country's defense minister, ordered that all tests and trials for the plane must be completed before the end of this year.
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