Wednesday, December 03, 2008

AL-55

Unitary Cost: USD$1.3 million

Also Known As
AL-55I

Origin
Russia

Contractor/s
NPO Saturn
UMPO

Applications
IJT

Description: The NPO Saturn AL-55 is a turbofan engine intended for military fixed-wing aircraft applications. AL-55 is a high performance, advanced engine capable of providing power output and output power regime similar to those of 5th generation fighters.

In August 2005, Russian export organization known as Rosoboronexport and India's HAL signed an agreement on the license production of up to 1,000 AL-55I engines. The agreement includes a firm order for 250 engines to be manufactured at HAL facilities in India. The AL-55I engines are meant to power both HJT-36 and HJT-39 trainer and combat trainer respectively.

AL-55 - Contracts, Orders & Sales
2005 India contract with Russia placed in 2005 for 180 AL-55I turbofan engines to power the HJT-36 and HJT-39 trainers. The contract was valued at $250 million and the Russian contractors were Saturn and Ufa.
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News
Russian AL-55I Aero Engine to Power Indian Combat Trainers

Operators

India / 180

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008

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