The Moscow Chernyshev Machine Building Plant will deliver 43 RD-93 engines to China by the end of this year, a defense industry source told Interfax-AVN.
A contract on the delivery of 43 RD-93 engines to China was signed at the end of last December, he said.
The contract is part of the framework agreement on the delivery of 100 RD-93 aircraft engines to China, the source added.
The RD-93 is a modification of the RD-33 engine installed in Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets.
It will be installed in Chinas new fighter jet, FC-1, which will be mostly exported.
There will be no problems fulfilling the contract as the plant has already delivered 57 RD-93 engines to China, the source said.
All the new engines will be delivered to China by the end of this year, he said.
In all, China plans to buy up to 500 RD-93 engines from Russia.
A new contract on the delivery of 100 RD-93 engines is being negotiated, the source said.
In the future, China may be offered a modernized variant of the RD- 93 engine with a thrust of about nine tonnes. The current engines have a thrust of 8.3 tonnes.
Pakistan bears a considerable amount of expenses in the Chinese fighter jet project (up to 50%, according to some sources). In all, up to 250 fighter jets may be produced in Pakistan.
Rosoboronexport and the Chernyshev plant have not commented on the planned delivery.
Source: Interfax-AVN
