As India continues to consider options for the acquisition of a next generation fighter jet from Russia - seeking to provide its Air Force with a new heavyweight high performance combat jet to counter the fast growing capabilities of its neighbours - Russian Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov has reiterated that a contract for joint manufacture of such an aircraft incorporating Indian defence technologies remains possible.
随着印度继续考虑从俄罗斯购买下一代战斗机的选择-寻求向其空军提供新的重量级高性能战斗机，以对抗其邻国快速增长的能力-俄罗斯贸易和工业部长丹尼斯·曼图罗夫(Denis Manturov)重申，与印度国防技术相结合的此类飞机的联合制造合同仍有可能。
Russia is marketing a number of high end combat jets to India, and alongside continued sales of MiG-29 and Su-30MKI fighters the country is also expected to purchase the Yak-130 fighter-trainer and the MiG-35 next generation medium fighter in the near future.
俄罗斯正在向印度销售一些高端战斗机，除了继续销售米格-29和苏-30MKI战斗机外，预计该国还将在不久的将来购买Yak-130战斗机教练机和米格-35下一代中型战斗机。
An offer to upgrade Indian Su-30 fighters to a ‘4++ generation’ standard is also under consideration - under which the jets would integrate new AL-41 thrust vectoring engines, Irbis-E radars and possibly R-37M hypersonic long range air to air missiles.
印度SU-30战斗机升级到“4+一代”标准的提议也在考虑之中-根据这一提议，喷气式飞机将集成新的AL-41推力矢量引擎，Irbis-E雷达，可能还有R-37M高超音速远程空对空导弹。
Su-57 Fighter Prototypes
苏-57战斗机原型
India has shown a strong interest in Russia’s Su-57 next generation heavyweight fighter, although with the aircraft having yet to enter service in the Russian Air Force itself Delhi is likely waiting to assess its performance before committing to a purchase.
印度对俄罗斯的苏-57下一代重量级战斗机表现出了浓厚的兴趣，尽管这款飞机尚未在俄罗斯空军服役，德里很可能在承诺购买之前等待评估其性能。
The possibly remains that India will purchase an initial batch of ‘off the shelf’ Su-57 jets from Russia to evaluate their capabilities - before entering into a contract for joint production.
可能的情况仍然是，印度将从俄罗斯购买第一批“现成”的苏-57喷气式飞机，以评估它们的能力-然后再签订联合生产合同。
This would be consistent with its acquisition strategy for the Su-30 - as before joint manufacturing of the Su-30MKI India purchased and evaluated the Su-30K from Russia.
这将与其苏-30的采购战略相一致，因为在联合制造苏-30MKI之前，印度从俄罗斯购买并评估了苏-30K。
The capabilities of the jointly manufactured Su-30MKI variant were far superior to the Su-30K, but operating the jet familiarised the Indian Air Force with the airframe and its performance limitations - much as a Su-57 could do to precede a joint next generation program. It is also possible that India intends to purchase more sophisticated future variants of the Su-57, likely to be dubbed 'Su-60' or something similar, once these become available - and possibly in a twin seat configuration which its Air Force has long favoured.
联合制造的SU-30MKI变型的性能远远优于SU-30K，但操作这种喷气式飞机让印度空军熟悉了机身及其性能限制-就像SU-57在联合下一代计划之前可以做的那样。此外，印度还可能打算购买更复杂的SU-57未来变型，一旦这些变型可用，可能被称为“苏-60”或类似的东西-而且可能是印度空军长期以来青睐的双座配置。
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