KUBINKA, Moscow region. Aug 14 (Interfax) - Russia might resume cooperation on a piloted spaceflight program with India, Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos, part of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Monday.
"The Indian piloted space program is very ambitious in itself, and I can't rule out that we might resume cooperation on a piloted program with India, including at the level of Glavkosmos," Loskutov told Interfax on the sidelines of the Army 2023 international military-technical forum.
Glavkosmos and the Indian Space Research Organization's Human Space Flight Center signed a contract for training Indian candidates for spaceflight in June 2019.
"A contract for selecting and training Indian astronauts has been fulfilled. As far as I know, they're undergoing additional training in India now," Loskutov said.
Glavkosmos also continues to look for clients for commercial spaceflight, he said.
Glavkosmos said in September 2022 that the company had completed contracts for training four Indian Air Force pilots to fly into space, with support provided by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Biomedical Problems.
It was also reported that Glavkosmos had fulfilled contracts for supplying India with systems and equipment for the Gaganyaan crewed transport spacecraft and individual gear for future Indian astronauts (spacesuits, seats, and seat liners manufactured by Russia's Zvezda Scientific and Production Enterprise).
Glavkosmos is a Roscosmos subsidiary and its main operator for economic cooperation outside the country.