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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Russia To Buy New A-50U AWACS, Tu-214ON Aircrafts Worth $2.5 Billion

The United Aircraft Corporation has signed $2.5 billion contract at the MAKS 2013 show for the servicing of aircraft, avionics and related equipment, the UAC said in a press release.

UAC president Mikhail Pogosyan said the corporation’s current portfolio of orders for the Russian Defense Ministry was for over 300 planes while the total volume of orders as part of the state arms procurement program would be about 600 aircraft.

Under a separate deal, Russia will receive three modernized A-50U AWACS aircraft this year, Vartan Shakhgedanov, deputy general designer at the Vega concern that produces the planes was quoted by RIA Novosti.

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