MiG aircraft Coporation delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said.
"A flight training simulator and other technical equipment has also been delivered," MiG said in a statement on Monday.
The two countries signed a contract stipulating the supply of 12
single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs to India in January
2004. The contract is part of a $1.5-billion deal to deliver the Admiral
Gorshkov aircraft carrier, currently being retrofitted in Russia for
the Indian Navy.
In March 2010, Russia and India signed a $1.5-billion contract on the
supplies of 29 additional MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighter jets
to New Delhi. The start of the supplies is scheduled for 2012.
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