India's HAL delivered 200th Indian made Su-30 MKI to IAF

[Mighty Lion]

India's HAL delivered the 200th HAL made Su-30 MKI to the IAF today (Serial SB250).
This takes IAF's current MKI fleet to 242 in active service.

On Oct 02, 2018 HAL Spokesperson said 199 were delivered to IAF:

When contacted, Gopal Sutar, Chief of Media Communications of HAL, said that “there is no delay in the production and delivery schedules”. “We have so far given 199 aircraft, which form the backbone of our precious customer, the Indian Air Force,” Sutar said.

“HAL has successfully absorbed the entire manufacturing technology in four phases and the Su 30 MkI is produced from the raw material stage by handholding our private partners. HAL is perhaps the only aerospace company in the world where the raw material enters the gates of the company and the final product flies away,” Sutar said.

 

[Storm Force]

WOW

242 OF THESE ……………… POWER, BEAUTY AND ARROGANCE all rolled into one

DO NOT I repeat DO NOT enter INDIAN AIRSPACE as over 240 of these beasts will EAT you alive

 

[Ali_Baba]

WOW

242 OF THESE ……………… POWER, BEAUTY AND ARROGANCE all rolled into one

DO NOT I repeat DO NOT enter INDIAN AIRSPACE as over 240 of these beasts will EAT you alive

The F15s and F16s of the USAF didnot think so, when they meet these aircraft and beat them up. Typhoons of the RAF didnot think so either...

It is capable, but not the super plane you make it out to be..

 

[aman_rai]

Beast in production...
Should be produced upto 350 jets

 

[Mighty Lion]

By March 2020 all will be delivered

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

The F15s and F16s of the USAF didnot think so, when they meet these aircraft and beat them up. Typhoons of the RAF didnot think so either...

It is capable, but not the super plane you make it out to be..

They are enough to confront Pakistan but not for China or other major powers.

By March 2020 all will be delivered

5 Year delay by HAL.

 

[Maxpane]

Great achievement

 

[kaykay]

They are enough to confront Pakistan but not for China or other major powers.



5 Year delay by HAL.

Last batch of 42 were ordered in 2012 and projectedto be in service by 2018. So not much delay.

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

Last batch of 42 were ordered in 2012 and projectedto be in service by 2018. So not much delay.

All were supposed to be delivered by 2017.

 

[Theparadox]

All were supposed to be delivered by 2017.

So? Its still far better than what our enemy is assembling for last decade.

 

[ashok mourya]

Now the Sukhoi facilities must be converted to built up more Tejas line... Advanced version of mk1should start at these facilities...

 

[seesonic]

So? Its still far better than what our enemy is assembling for last decade.

You mean ?

 

[Theparadox]

You mean ?

 

[INDIAISM]

So? Its still far better than what our enemy is assembling for last decade.

Delay increase the cost of production....and that cost will be paid by taxpayers....

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

So? Its still far better than what our enemy is assembling for last decade.

Do you really want to compare what China + Pakistan have inducted vs What India has inducted? There is no comparison. India is way behind schedule.