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Flanker Fighter Deal Said To Be Close

July 22 2010

Libya

Russia's Rosoboronexport export agency anticipates that Libya will be the first international customer of the Su-35 Flanker, Interfax-AVN reports.

A contract should be signed before the end of the year, an agency spokesman said this week during the Farnborough air show in the U.K.

A draft contract has already been drawn up, RIA Novosti reported.

Reports published two years ago indicated that Libya wanted 12 of the aircraft.

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