Russia and China signed a contract to purchase 24 new Su-35 fighters worth at least $ 2 billion. It is reported in Thursday November 19 «Kommersant» citing sources in the field of military-technical cooperation.

“China officially became the first foreign customer of the Su-35 is unprecedented in the history of the contract deliveries of combat aircraft” – said one of the interlocutors “Kommersant”. According to the newspaper the cost of a single fighter for China will be $ 83 million. Making no further details of the transaction confirmed the general director of the state corporation “Rostec” Chemezov.

According to the newspaper the contract does not provide for the licensed production of the Su-35 in China. In this capacity avizavoda in Komsomolsk-on-Amur will allow to perform the contract without affecting the production of this type of fighter for the Russian Air Force.

In May 2014 the United Aircraft Corporation President Mikhail Pogosyan said that Beijing intends to acquire a large batch of Su-35 fighters. In October Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that in the near future is likely to be signed a contract to supply 24 fighter aircraft of this type.

Su-35 – multirole fighter of 4 ++ generation the latest combat aircraft built on a platform of T-10C which became the basis for the fighters of the Su-27 / Su-30 and their modifications. This is conceptually a new car with the aerodynamics of the Su-27 and the elements of the avionics of military aircraft of the fifth generation. Under the current state program of armaments Aerospace forces should receive 96 Su-35s until 2020.

November 8 2015 it became known that the decision to buy the Su-35 took Indonesia. In addition negotiations on the purchase of these fighters lead United Arab Emirates.