India’s Navy Ordering More MiG-29Ks
News India’s Navy Ordering More MiG-29Ks Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Dec 04 , 2009 , p. 12 Neelam Mathews India’s navy has decided to order 29 additional MiG-29K aircraft, Adm. Nirmal Verma says. The Phase Two purchase will come under an options clause of a previous order of 16 of the aircraft that will delivered soon. That would bring the total number of MiG-29Ks ordered to 45. Aerospace Daily spoke to Verma recently during his first news conference after becoming Chief of Naval Staff. The first four of the aircraft from the initial 16 ordered will be delivered by the end of this year, Verma confirmed. Two of the aircraft will be trainers and the other two single seaters. They are for the controversial Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier. Some aircraft parts have already started to arrive, with assembly expected by the end of January 2010. Delivery of the rest will be made by 2011. Virtually all trials have been completed, with the last trial conducted Dec. 2. Firing trials are...