The Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport, which is part of the ROSTEC Group, announced to individual Russian media outlets at the end of January that it had exported a total of 32 fighter aircraft in 2019. These are divided into three types: 12 Su-30SMs, 10 MiG-29M/M2s and 10 Yak-130s, all of which were produced in factories belonging to the state-owned conglomerate United Aircraft Cooperation
According to information from Rosoboronexport, four Su-30SMs each went to Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan. Astana had previously been the first export customer for the Su-30SM; eight were procured in 2015 and a further four jets are to be delivered this year. With a total of 16 aircraft, Kazakhstan will then operate the largest fleet of Su-30SMs outside of Russia. Belarus signed a contract for 12 SU-30SMs in 2017 and plans to take delivery of four more jets this year and four more next year. Armenia previously only had Su-25 ground attack aircraft (some from Slovakia), but received its first (four) Su-30 multi-role aircraft in December. Four more are to follow in the form of a Russian loan of almost 100 million euros. 10 MiG-29M2s were delivered to Egypt, based on a contract from 2015 worth just under 2 billion euros. This includes a total of 46 MiG-29M single-seaters and six MiG-29M2 two-seaters, although all airframes are based on the two-seater variant. The single-seaters have additional mission equipment and system components installed instead of the rear seat. Cairo already received the first 16 aircraft in 2017, followed by 12 more in 2018 and, after the 10 now delivered, eight are still open for 2020.
Of the 10 Yak-130 jet trainers listed by Rosoboronexport, four went to Belarus, which had already built up a fleet of 12 aircraft of the type between 2015 and 2018. The remaining six Jak-130s went to Myanmar (Burma) as the final tranche to the 12 aircraft already delivered to Yangon between 2016 and 2018. A new contract was also concluded with Vietnam in 2019: This involves around 300 million euros for 12 Yak-130s. Incidentally, the jet trainer’s interface can handle Russian and Western armaments.
