Kommersant, Novye Izvestia
buys Russian engines for its fighter planeChina, which has not found a Western supplier, has decided to buy Russian engines for its FC-1 Xiaolong multirole fighter plane, a rival of Russia"s MiG-29 in developing countries.
In late December 2009, Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport signed a contract with China to deliver 43 RD-93 engines, a modification of the RD-33 engines mounted on the MiG-29 planes.
Aviaport, a news agency of the Russian aircraft industry, reported yesterday that China would receive the engines by the end of the year and that the first 25 engines had been manufactured at the Chernyshev mechanical engineering enterprise in Moscow. The agency said another contract could be signed in May for 100 such engines.
A manager at one of Russia"s producers of aircraft engines said the December contract was worth $160 million.
The contract has completed a framework agreement signed in 2006 to deliver 100 RD-93 engines to China.
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