Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy of Russian defense and technology company Rostec said that United Arab Emirates-based investment fund is interested in cooperating with Russia to develop a supersonic passenger jet.
“The Arab side is interested in working together to create such machine. But for the project to be commercially successful, you need to assess the needs of the market – it makes no sense to produce two or three supersonic passenger aircraft and put an end to this,” he said.
According to Rostec official, in the field of developments on the plane Russia, at the very least, does not lag behind competitors. He added that the main problem that developers are trying to solve is the issue of reducing noise when passing through the sound barrier. “We are somewhere in a leading position in these research projects,” he said.