The United Aircraft Corporation has signed contracts for 270 warplanes and has received 300 orders for civilian airplanes, UAC President Mikhail Pogosyan said on Monday.
Civilian aircraft include mainly the Sukhoi Superjet 100, the An-148 and the MS-21, he said.
He confirmed that the Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation fighter will come online in test mode in 2013.
Pogosyan previously said a fourth Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter will be put into UAC’s test and development program later this year. The first production standard T-50 will join the Russian Air Force by 2015. The military plans to acquire 60 of the fifth-generation fighters.
The T-50, also known as project PAK-FA, first took off on January 29, 2011, and was first publicly displayed at the Moscow Air Show in August of last year. India will also acquire an advanced fighter aircraft based on the T-50.
UAC’s Order Portfolio Hits 570
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The United Aircraft Corporation has signed contracts for 270 warplanes and has received 300 orders for civilian airplanes, UAC President Mikhail Pogosyan said on Monday.
