Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia increases the proportion of promising aircraft in the procurement of aviation. It is reported by the TV channel “Star” with reference to the words of the Minister during the conference meeting.
According to Shoigu, the second issue of the agenda is to fulfill the priority programs of the state defense order for 2021 and the planning period of 2022 and 2023. We are talking about the creation of aircraft of strategic, military transport and operational tactical aviation, the Minister said. “We are systematically increasing their share in the volume of purchased aviation technology,” said the head of the Ministry of Defense, talking about the strengthening of the Russian army.
also noted the advantages of a new credit scheme for financing state contracts for the advanced delivery of such armaments. Thanks to it, it became possible not only to accelerate the equipment of parts with modern samples, but also reduce their cost.
In August, a source in the aircraft manufacturer said that the demonstration sample of the Russian promising aviation complex of the far aviation (Pak Yes) was collected by 2023.
Earlier, Shoigu stated that in Russia they began to independently produce aircraft for regional aviation, and not buy them abroad. He clarified that we are talking, for example, about the aircraft “Baikal” LMS-901.