Russia is offering the production of Sukhoi Su-57, its fifth-generation stealth fighter and most advanced warplane, in India for boosting the Indian Air Force’s fleet, after unveiling the jet in the South Asian country’s air show this week.
The fighter jet could go into production as early as this year upon acceptance of a production offer from the Indian government, a spokesperson for the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said in Bengaluru, where India is holding its biennial Aero India show.
Touted as Moscow’s most advanced fighter jet, Russian officials are making a sales pitch of Sukhoi-57 fighter jet to its trusted defence partner Delhi.
In a spectacle aimed at making a sales pitch to its decades-old defence partner, the Russian fighter jet, run by Sukhoi’s chief test pilot Sergei Bogdan, hovered at 600m after a speedy aerial ballet at the Indian Air Force Station in Yelahanka.
However, the country has failed to ink any significant defence deal in its biennial aerial shows, reducing its efficacy of holding the military exhibition – a gap Moscow could likely fill with its fighter jet.
