Entire Sukhoi-30MKI fleet to arrive by 2019

ptltejas said:

I am not able to understand why we can not make some parts, what is need of technology transfer for such parts?

We are already producing parts of LCA and it is possible that they are not economically give benefit.

Moreover it could be possible to make parts by private companies, but probably HAL did not try for that.

2019 is far away and we need to speed up in getting new fighters with advance tech.

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he-man said:

It won't.

Check out the differences between mki and su-35 and btw no one even knows what modernized flanker will have.

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spectribution said:

It will have a new engine this one

http://www.salut.ru/ViewTopic.php?Id=1459

IAF has stated MKI engines need service life extension. This upgrade will bring TVC to SU 35BM levels. AESA maybe a strap on module by some Russian company. P K Sengupta had written an article on it.

TRISHUL: Super Su-30MKI: From Air Dominance To Air Supremacy

Sardarji do some research. PKS is usually correct about this.

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he-man said:

Bhai pks pe vishwas nai hai mujhe,i had read this article long back too.

The aesa upgrade would be offered by tikhomirov niip only that makes bars pesa of mki.
Point is which radar it would be?

My gut feeling is n036 of pakfa but then they may just change the plates without changing the processor and stuff.
However bars has peak power of around only 8 kw and an aesa(if only plates are changed) of this power is pretty weak compared to competing western models.
So it will involve the processor change too,thats why I am saying it may incorporate pakfa aesa as the size fits and russia has no other aesa.
Well they are developing phazotron niir's zhuk-ae but it traditionally equips mig planes so would be used for mig-29k modernisation only.


Regarding engines russia has only two other engines apart from al-31f of mki

1)product 117s of npo saturn that powers su-35

2)preliminary engine of pakfa that powers the 1 st phase pakfa which russia will induct.
Its a modernised 117 s according to russians but its not present on npo saturn website

So only these two options are there

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IND151 said:

Any update on Air Launched Article?

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