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The Economic Times: HAL strongly bats for FGFA project with Russia

By The Economic Times.

Published Oct. 23, 2017 at 8:03 pm

A Yak 130 takes part in a flying display at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 9, 2012. Farnborough is one of the biggest meetings in the sector, with Boeing battling it out for orders with its arch-rival Airbus. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

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State-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) today strongly pitched for going ahead with the fifth-generation fighter jet project with Russia, though the Indian Air Force is understood to have reservations over it.

HAL Chairman and Managing Director T Suvarna Raju said the multi-billion dollar co-development project with Russia will be an opportunity as no country has ever offered such critical technology to India.