United Aircraft Corporation is took part in Aero India 2015

Bengaluru 20 March, 2015 - The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is taking part in the 10^th edition air show Aero India 2015. The air show is being held under the aegis of the major Indian infrastructural program “Make in India”, is being held in Bengaluru in February 18 to 22. The “Make in India” initiative is designated to facilitate the access of foreign investments into the national market and to boost the growth of hi-tech businesses invarious segments of the economy, including aerospace.

Russia and India have been strategic partners in aerospace. Throughout the collaboration with India, Russia has not been just a mere supplier of ready-made aircraft solutions. Together with the Indian industry we’ve been successfully implementing a number of license production programs. Highly estimating the engineering and manufacturing potential of the Indian aerospace industry, today the UAC, together with our Indian colleagues make a significant step further, shifting to the joint design and development of the most advanced products – the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) and Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA). To provide better after sales support to our customers - the Indian Air Forces and the Indian Navy – the UAC is planning to develop the collaboration with India involving private businesses.

The UAC is intended to expand the cooperation into the commercial aviation segment. For the first time at Aero India 2015 the Sukhoi Superjet 100 in VIP-configuration will demonstrated at the static display.

“Being highly interested in broadening the collaboration with our partners, we are ready to negotiate with the Indian industry the options of cooperation on our commercial programs. A work group on cooperation in commercial aviation has been set up within the framework of the Russian-Indian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. The UAC has developed a road map and submitted it to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India. Paying special attention to the subject, during the air show we plan to proceed with the dialogue with the Indian side”, - stated Yury Slyusar, the President of the UAC.

At the air show at the Hall A, booth 3.1 the UAC will also showcase the models of the corporation’s product viz, Su-30MKI, MiG-35, Yak-130, FGFA, Be-200, MTA and Il-112. 

The FGFA model is also going to be demonstrated at the HAL’s booth.