NEW DELHI, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and India are working on contracts worth about $10 billion in the sphere of military and technical cooperation, a senior Russian official said Thursday.

Vyacheslav Dzirkali, the deputy director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, said Russia was one of the main players on the Indian arms market, continuing cooperation that dates back to Soviet times. Dzirkali is heading the Russian delegation at the Defexpo India 2006 exhibition of land and naval arms systems.

"In the past five years, Russia has exported military hardware worth more than $7 billion to India," Dzirkali said. In particular, Russia has supplied Su-30MKI Flanker multirole fighters, Mi-17 Hip transport helicopters, Ka-31 ship-borne helicopters and other combat hardware, the Russian official said.

Images (the Defexpo India 2006)