JSC "Ufa Engine Industrial Association»begins to supply 920 engines AL-31FP by JSC "Rosoboronexport" in India. It is the largest in post-Soviet history of a single contract with a foreign customer.
Back in 2000, under the terms of the general contract for the organization of licensed production of Su-30MKI fighters and engines AL-31FP, the Indian side had the right as an option to purchase an additional number of process sets called AL-31FP in various phases.
In October 2012, the with India signed an agreement for the implementation of this option. Deliveries of the AL-31FP on it will last for ten years, and the first batch of ten kits will be shipped by the end of the first quarter of this year.