NEW DELHI, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - The overhaul of an aircraft carrier that Russia has already sold to India is proceeding according to schedule, a spokesman for Russia's main defense industry exporter, Rosoboronexport, said Thursday.
"All the work to prepare the Admiral Gorshkov is meeting the schedule agreed with the Indian side," Mikhail Sukhachev told a news conference against the backdrop of the Defexpo India 2006 exhibition of land and naval arms systems.
The ship was docked for work on its keel in December, when the training of Indian maintenance staff also began.
Russia will deliver the vessel with MiG-29K Fulcrum aircraft, Sukhachev said.
The contract on the supply of the cruiser to India, which Rosoboronexport signed with the Indian Navy in January 2004, covers the modernization of the ship and its equipping with modern weaponry, including the Fulcrum jets and Ka-27 Helix-A and Ka-31 Helix-B anti-submarine helicopters.
The $1.5 billion Admiral Gorshkov sale is one Russia's largest individual military deals with India. The two countries are currently working on military contracts worth $10 billion
