OREANDA-NEWS. December 21, 2012. President of JSC IRKUT Corporation (part of United aircraft corporation) Oleg Demchenko said: “Our company fulfilled all the obligations concerning the state defence order of 2012”.

Today, pilots of the Russian Air Force training center ferried another three aircraft from Irkutsk aviation plant (branch of JSC IRKUT Corporation) to the base aerodrome in Borisoglebsk city.

JSC IRKUT Corporation delivered 15 Yak-130 new generation combat trainers and 2 Su-30SM multirole fighters to the Russian Air Force in 2012.

55 Yak-130 combat trainers delivery to the Russian Air Force is provided by the contract signed in December 7, 2011 between the Russian Ministry of Defence and IRKUT Corporation. The contract on 30 Su-30SM fighters delivery was signed between the Russian Ministry of Defence and JSC IRKUT Corporation in March 2012.

In December 19, 2012 the contract on delivery of the second batch of 30 Su-30SM fighters to the Russian Ministry of Defence was signed.

Oleg Demchenko mentioned: “High professionalism of our employees, well organized mass production, effective cooperation with the leading enterprises of JSC UAC, collaboration with suppliers on long-term contracts – all of these allow us to execute state and export contracts on scheduler and of high quality”.

“Our company has been working on export for a long time. But we’ve been preparing for new aircraft deliveries to the Russian Air Force purposefully, as to build aircraft for the Motherland – is the main aim for an aircraft manufacturer”, - said the Head of JSC IRKUT Corporation.