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NEW DELHI \u2014 The proposed Indo-Russian\u00a0Multi Transport Aircraft (MTA) program, awaiting\u00a0final agreement since 2007, is “almost shelved” said an source in the <\/span>Indian Defence Ministry source. of Defence (MoD). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talks on Dec.\u00a025 with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow failed to also could not <\/span>pull the MTA out of the “stalemate,”\u00a0the source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russians are demanding a steep increase in cost for\u00a0joint development of the transport aircraft and the Indian Air Force (IAF) <\/span>is not satisfied with some of the technical parameters of the MTA, especially the PD-14M turbofan engines, which the Russians propose to power the aircraft, the MoD source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The transport aircraft [project] may be shelved because of three reasons. One is engine and secondly there are some internal conflicts in Russia between various stakeholders which is not allowing the desired progress.\u00a0Thirdly,\u00a0AN-32 <\/span>life of the AN-32\u00a0has been extended and also upgraded <\/span>the aircraft (upgraded),” said a senior Indian Air Force IAF <\/span>official who declined to be on not being <\/span>named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Russian diplomat here said, “We are awaiting finalization of the MTA,”\u00a0but refused to comment on the status of the MTA <\/span>project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The MTA program is as good as dead, and a global tendering is <\/span>will take place,” said a senior Indian Air Force (IAF) <\/span>official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conceived in 2007, the MTA, in the 20-30 ton\u00a0category, would have replaced the AN-32 military transport aircraft and was intended as to be built on <\/span>a derivative of the Russian IL-214 aircraft for use by the <\/span>India\u00a0and Russia.\u00a0forces. <\/span>Though the first test flight of MTA was planned in 2013, a final agreement has not been reached despite several meetings between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a preliminary design of the MTA was worked out in 2013, India IAF <\/span>wants capability of <\/span>the transport aircraft <\/span>to be able to operate from higher altitudes as opposed to the sea-level operations envisioned for the original IL-214. Even the detailed design phase has not been worked out. between India and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2012,\u00a0already\u00a0delayed by more than five years, India’s state-owned military aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.\u00a0(HAL) signed a tripartite general contract with United Aircraft Corp.-Transport Aircraft (UAC-TA), the Russian partner, and their joint venture, the\u00a0Multirole Transport Aircraft Ltd.\u00a0(MTAL) for joint development of the MTA. Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2012, an office was opened for the joint enterprise <\/span>MTA Ltd. (MTAL) <\/span>in Bangalore.\u00a0United Aircraft Corp. oration (UAC) <\/span>has a 25 equity share,\u00a0Rosoboronexport of Russia has another <\/span>25 percent\u00a0share <\/span>while HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) <\/span>has 50 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, it was planned to produce a total of <\/span>100 aircraft for the Russian Air Force, and <\/span>45 aircraft <\/span>for the Indian Air Force and 60 for export.\u00a0was proposed for the MTA which would have come up in the 15-20 tone category.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the MoD is re-evaluating the mix of transport aircraft needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No\u00a0Agreement on\u00a0FGFA\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00a0long-awaited final agreement on the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft [FGFA]\u00a0also did not materialize during Modi’s December visit to Moscow. December 24-25.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the FGFA project is alive, the MTA is “almost shelved”, the MoD source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2010, India signed a preliminary agreement with Russia for joint development of FGFA, also called the T-50 by the Russians. However, the final agreement, which will help release nearly $6 billion as India’s\u00a0share in development of FGFA, has been delayed hanging in fire <\/span>because India wants a greater production work share in production <\/span>and is <\/span>also wants\u00a0a specific single-seater FGFA <\/span>for its Indian <\/span>Air Force, (IAF) <\/span>as opposed to against <\/span>the two-seater FGFA <\/span>prototype which <\/span>the Russians are currently flying and hope to induct by 2016-2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Failure to ink a long-pending final agreement on both the MTA and the FGFA indicates that the Indo-Russian defense ties are beginning to plateau out,” said\u00a0Nitin Mehta, a New Delhi-based defense analyst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:\u00a0vraghuvanshi@defensenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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