FARNBOROUGH. July 26 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian state-owned arms trader Rosoboronexport is implementing two contracts for the delivery of Sukhoi Su-30MK2 multi-role fighters to Vietnam.
"The first group of Vietnamese pilots will come to Russia this year to see the equipment. We plan to deliver the first batch of the fighters to the customer at the end of the year," head of the Rosoboronexport Air Force Property Export Department Sergei Kornev told Interfax-AVN at the Farnborough International Airshow.
He said that one more contract was signed in 2010 for additional deliveries of the same fighter. "Thus we have two contracts that we are working on now," he said.
The Su-30MK2 is an aircraft with broad combat capabilities for striking ground and naval targets with high precision weapons - guided missiles and controlled air bombs. It is furnished with modern on board equipment, new communication and navigation systems and crew control systems. The aircraft carries H-31P anti-radar rockets.
During the past decade over 130 such jets were delivered to China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Venezuela. New export contracts for the Su-30MK2 have been signed.