Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Russian Military Is Buying Over 500 New Aircraft


http://www.businessinsider.com/ilya-kramnik-and-dmitry-gorenburg-look-at-the-next-fleet-of-russian-airforce-planesheres-the-list-of-aircrafts-the-russian-air-force-could-build-in-the-next-few-years-2012-8

Combat aircraft predictions:

a second contract for 48 Su-35s in 2014 or 2015, with deliveries in 2016-20.

a second contract for 24-32 Su-30SMs for naval aviation in 2013-2014, with deliveries in 2015-18.

accepting the option on 16 more Su-34s, in addition to 124 already ordered, with deliveries through 2020. An additional large contract may be concluded after 2015, so that the air force has a total of 180-200 Su-34s by 2025.

a contract for 48-72 MiG-35s in 2014-15, with deliveries through 2020. Without such a contract, MiG may have to be shut down.

a second contract for 12-16 MiG-29Ks for naval aviation is also likely.

a contract for 32-40 Su-25SM(or TM)/UBMs, with deliveries in 2017-22.

two contracts for T-50 fifth-generation fighter jets. First one would be 8-12 aircraft for the Lipetsk combat training center. That contract is likely to be concluded in 2013, with deliveries in 2014-16. A second contract for 40-60 aircraft is likely to be concluded in 2015, with deliveries scheduled for 2016-22.

Transport and special aircraft:

Contract for 30-40 Il-76MD-90As in 2013, with deliveries in 2016-20.

Contract for 10 An-124-300s in 2015, with deliveries in 2018-22.

Contract for 30-40 An-70s in 2015, with deliveries in 2019-25.

25-30 special purpose Tu-204/214s, with deliveries in 2015-25.

Contract for 100 multi-functional transport aircraft in 2015, with delivery of the first 30 in 2019-25.

Contract for 40 light transport aircraft in 2015, with deliveries in 2019-24. Strong possibility that these will be foreign aircraft, such as the Italian C-27J Spartan, assembled in Russia under license.

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