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FGFA Program - 2016

On 11 July 2016 it ws reported that Indias talks with Russia on the joint development and creation of a fifth generation fighter (FGFA, Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft) had resulted in an agreement for an equal investment of the parties in the amount of $ 4 billion at the stage of development work. This was reported by the newspaper Times of India citing Defense Ministry of India.

"The Ministry of Defence of India has decided to speed up the negotiations with Russia on a fifth-generation fighter to this year to sign a contract for the development work, - said the source of the newspaper -. According to the prepared project, India and Russia will invest $4 billion to develop prototypes of their test and establish the necessary infrastructure for the next six years. The total cost of production of 127 single-seat fighters in India is about $ 25 billion."

To date, the stage of conceptual design was completed the FGFA, at a cost of $ 295 million, and the parties decided all the questions, and the Russian developers considered more than 40 modifications proposed by the Indian side. As the military expert, "Russia not only has met with technical and financial issues," but also "allowed the Indian Air Force to acquire FGFA prototypes for flight testing now."

According to a source the newspaper said, "so far the joint project was in limbo, although the first intergovernmental agreement the parties entered into in 2007," a significant impact on the delay was unclear situation with the purchase of Rafale aircraft. "The Ministry of Defence has come to realize that even if a deal for the purchase of 36 French fighter will be signed in the near future, they will still not be enough to meet the needs of the Indian Air Force, - said military expert - new multifaceted agency strategy provides a wide range of measures.: by adopting the Tejas light fighter aircraft of its own design to create assembly lines with foreign manufacturers in the framework of the campaign "Happy in India."