Russia, UAE sign declaration of intent to conclude contract to purchase Su-35

ABU-DHABI, February 20. /TASS/. The United Arab Emirates has signed a declaration of intent with Russia to purchase Russia’s Sukhoi-35 jets, the chief of Rostec corporation Sergey Chemezov told the media on Monday. "We have signed a declaration of intent on selling Sukhoi-35 jets to the UAE," he said. At the end of 2015 Chemezov announced that Russia and the United Arab Emirates were in talks over a potential Sukhoi-35 contract. Also, he said that Brazil and Indonesia had taken interest in the plane, too. Rostec’s international cooperation and regional policies director, Viktor Kladov, said last week that a Sukhoi-35 contract with Indonesia would be concluded in the near future. In November 2015 Russia and China clinched a deal for 24 Sukhoi-35 jets. The $2 billion contract incorporates the supply of ground infrastructures and spare engines. Sukhoi-35 is Russia’s multirole fighter equipped with onboard phased array antenna radar and thrust vector control. It can develop a speed of up to 2,500 kilometers per hour and boasts a range of 3,400 kilometers. Its combat radius is about 1,600 kilometers. The fighter is armed with a 30-mm gun and twelve weapon stations for bombs and missiles. Read more