AVPK Sukhoi of Russia has revealed that it is now considering teaming up with rival combat aircraft manufacturer MAPO to promote common projects abroad.
The two companies are already in negotiations about co-ordinating their efforts to develop a fifth generation combat aircraft for the Russian air force.
"There are programmes in which such co-operation would be expedient, although they wouldn't be put into effect immediately," says new Sukhoi general director Mikhail Pogossyan.
He adds that Sukhoi is a "viable company", which would preserve its structure, including the Beriev design bureau in Taganrog and the production plants in Irkutsk, Komsomolskna Amur and Novosibirsk.
Source: Flight International