The Russian Air Force is considering acquiring over 1,500 new aircraft to increase the number of its high-precision weapons by 2020, a deputy Air Force commander said.
Lt Gen Igor Sadofyev said the country is to acquire and modernise 2,000 aircraft and helicopters by 2020, including 1,500 new and 400 modernised aircraft.
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Over the next year the Air Force plans to procure Su-27SM, Su-30M2 and Su-35S multi-role fighters, Su-34 fighter-bombers and Yak-130 combat trainers, as well as Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters, Mi-8 armed assault helicopters and Ka-226 and Ansat-U light multipurpose helicopters.
According to Sadofyev, the Russian Air Force’s share of high-precision weaponry will increase 18-fold, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which are expected to escalate six-fold.
The number of all-weather aircraft will increase five-fold, while the share of UAVs will constitute 30% of the total by 2020, according to RIA Novosti.
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