Russia Inks $110M Indian Arms Deal

Russia Inks $110M Indian Arms Deal

The Rosoboronexport arms dealer secured $110 million in new contracts with India
on Wednesday at the first day of the Aero India 2001 air show in Bangalore,
Interfax reported.

Rosoboronexport signed a $100 million contract to deliver 10 more Ka-31 maritime
warfare helicopters for the Indian navy and announced it had won a $10 million
tender to test a jet engine for India`s Light Combat Aircraft fighter.

Russia also offered to help India develop its delay-plagued Light Combat
Aircraft program.

Russian air force chief Anatoly Kornukov told reporters in Bangalore that
negotiations are under way with the Indian navy to lease four used Tu-22
long-range bombers, Interfax said.

The Indian navy is also in talks to acquire the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft
carrier and up to 60 MiG-29K fighters and 300 T-90 tanks, according to the
Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. The carrier, jets and tanks
would come with a price tag of more than $2.2 billion, the center said.

/Moscow Times/
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