The emergence of a new contractor for the Baikal aircraft development project may not accelerate, but rather slow down the time frame for its implementation, stated the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Anton Alikhanov. TASS.
“Changing the contractor at this stage will not accelerate the implementation of the project, but rather delay it. In addition, the procedure will inevitably involve legal proceedings and fines,” he said.
He noted that as a result, new tenders would need to be held to find a contractor and that the financial situation of the manufacturer could seriously deteriorate.
Alikhanov recalled that the development of Baikal is currently under special control of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Transport, which allows the project to go through all stages of implementation without delays.
Change the contractor of the new aircraft project on September 5 in the name The initial cost of the Baikal development was 180 million rubles, and later the contractor increased it to 500 million, said the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Far Eastern Federal District, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev.
Putin before stated About the need to build more of its own aircraft in Russia.
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Source: Gazeta
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