India wants to have its test pilots evaluate PAK-FA

India has asked Russia to allow its test pilots to fly the PAK-FA in order to truly evaluate the jet’s capabilities.

Sukhoi T-50 in 2011 (4)
By Dmitry Zherdin [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

This will help India to formulate the plan to develop a fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with Russia based on the PAK-FA.

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