The delivery contract with Iran multi-role Su-30SM fighter Sukhoi will be signed before the end of this year, said a senior official of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.
"Iran says really interested in the purchase of Sukhoi Su-30 SM fighter aircraft. Meanwhile, negotiations are in progress. The contract will be signed in the course of the year," said the official.
In Singapore, where Singapore Airshow Singapore Airshow 2016 opened February 16, Russia introduced a new model of the Su-30 family, a Su-30 SME (Su-30 SM for export) .
On February 10, a source in the defense industry said that the Iranian military was interested in the fighters of the Su-30MK version of (Su-30MKI / MKM which are for export and Su-30SM , the army of the Russian air) built by aircraft factory in Irkutsk (Siberia). The source said Tehran was considering buying about 60 aircraft of this type.
The multi-role combat aircraft Su-30MKI supermanoeuvrable the manufacturer Irkut was originally developed for India (since 1999, over 200 aircraft on 272 ordered were delivered to the Indian side). There have also been deliveries to Algeria (44 Su-30MKI (A) delivered and 14 more ordered) and to Malaysia (18 Su-30MKM).
The Su-30SM version is supplied Russian air forces and aviation of the Russian Navy (80 aircraft already purchased and the number may be increased to 180 by 2020) as well as the army of the air Kazakhstan (4 aircraft).
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