IAF gets phase IV Su-30 MKI with indigenous content
From last year onwards, the IAF has finally started receiving phase IV Sukhoi 30 MKIs which have the highest indigenous content. The license production of Sukhois was undertaken in phased manner with an aim to gradually increase the local content in the aircraft. The phase IV was delayed considerably because of aircraft maker HAL's inability to absorb technology. The IAF now has over 190 aircraft out of 272. India has signed various deals for Sukhoi production with an accumulated cost of over $12 billion. In the first stage the Su…
Boeing Unveils New Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
Boeing let everybody in on one of its worst-kept secrets at the Dubai Airshow on Monday, naming the Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet as the platform for a new maritime surveillance aircraft program With maritime surveillance requirements in the Arabian Gulf region on the rise, Boeing Defense, Space & A Challenger jet — which Boeing says would be a third of the cost of a P-8 — is being modified with mission systems by Field and is scheduled to make its first flight next year ahead of trials and demonstration flights for pote…
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