Russia raising extra funds to meet IAF’s MiG upgrade target

Russia is raising additional funds to the tune of $18 million to meet the supplies schedule of kits for the upgradation of MiG-21 BIS fighte...

Russia is raising additional funds to the tune of $18 million to meet the supplies schedule of kits for the upgradation of MiG-21 BIS fighter jets currently in service with the IAF.

Vice-premier Boris Alyoshin said that from September onwards, Russia will remove the ‘‘slippage’’ in supplies of kits for the modernisation and upgradation of IAF’s MiG-21BIS fleet and will fulfil its contractual obligations.

The manufacturer is raising extra funds to the tune of $18 million in private sector to meet its contractual commitments, Alyoshin was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti.

Under the deal, which is already behind the original schedule by three years, Russia was to develop upgradation technology for modernised MiG-21-93 and transfer it to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The upgradation involves the replacement of the original engine with a more powerful one used in MiG-29 fighters, a sophisticated ‘‘kopyo’’ (spear) phased-array radar capable of simultaneously engaging up to nine targets. (PTI)

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