Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing acontract for the delivery of additional RD-93 jet engines to China, asenior official from the company said on Tuesday.Beijing concluded a $238-mln contract with Moscow in 2005 for suppliesof a 100 RD-93 engines with options for another 400 to equip its FC-1Fierce Dragon fighter jets, jointly developed with Pakistan.
"We are holding new talks with the China National Aero-TechnologyImport & Export Corporation [CATIC] on another option foradditional 100 RD-93 engines," Deputy General Director ofRosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev said at the Airshow China 2010,which is being held on November 16-21 in Zhuhai.
"We hope that this contract will be signed," Mikheyev added.
The RD-93 engines is a variant of the RD-33 engine developed to power the MiG-29 fighter jet.
The RD-93 was developed by Russia's Klimov design bureau specificallyfor the FC-1 fighter, known in Pakistan as the JF-17 Thunder.
