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Sukhoi: "We will not be responsible for upgrades on the SU-25s not performed by our company"

Moscow, Russia - The Russian firm warned about the resort to foreign enterprises for the update of the Bulgarian Air Force's airplanes

Bulgaria intends to update its 20 20 Su-25 Frogfoot strikers in service with its Air Force. There would be a possibility for an intervention by Israeli company Elbit on the aircraft’s avionics to update the vehicles up to NATO standards but the airplane’s maker, Russian Sukhoi, proved sceptical about update and upgrade procedures performed by foreign firms. Sukhoi would have so suggested a hypothesis for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 127352
Rome, Italy, 09/21/2005 19:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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