DefenseNews: Russia Lags Behind, As India To Develop New Indigenous AESA Radar For Its Sukhoi Su-30MKI Fighters
NEW DELHI — Over 270 Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat aircraft from the inventory of the Indian Air Force will be equipped with a new AESA radar. Such are the plans of Ministry of Defence. A new version of an active electronically scanned array [AESA] radar is already under development. The DRDO and the Indian Air Force will jointly finance the project, with the latter providing the majority of funding. The air force greenlit the project after assessing Uttam’s progress and performance. The service will lend a few Su-30 MKIs for the radar’s “development…
Russia to deliver Ex IAF's Sukhoi-30K fighter jets to Angola
Russia's state arms export monopoly said Friday that it will deliver 12 Su-30K fighter jets to a nation in southern Africa. In the wake of a visit by a high level Russian delegation earlier this year, it was widely reported in Russian media that Moscow had agreed to supply 18 of the jets to Angola. “These aircraft will be delivered to a South African country. For the first step, we are inclined to deliver 12 of the 18 units,” Mikhail Zavaliy, a top executive from Rosoboronexport told reporters, without specifying what country …
India to Fast Track ALCM Developments
According to sources close to DefenceNews.in the DRDO will fast track development of air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) in all front, by early 2014. According to sources close to DefenceNews.in the DRDO will fast track development of air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) in all front, by early 2014. Plans are in place to test fire the BrahMos air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) on a heavily modified Sukhoi Su30-MKI aicraft. Two jets are already going through the required modifications. The firghter jets were upgraded to some extent in o…
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