India's Su-30 MKIs to get more advance avionics and radars

[Zapper]

• India plans to upgrade its fleet of Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets with more advanced avionics, radars and weapons to further bolster their combat capabilities, with detailed talks currently under way with Russia for the project
• The IAF is also finalising with Russia the procurement of 12 more Sukhois to replace the ones lost in crashes, which will be built by Hindustan Aeronautics

India plans to upgrade its fleet of Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets with more advanced avionics, radars and weapons to further bolster their combat capabilities, with detailed talks currently under way with Russia for the project.

The IAF is also finalising with Russia the procurement of 12 more Sukhois to replace the ones lost in crashes, which will be built by defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics, as well as 21 additional MiG-29 jets that will cost around Rs 230 crore each.

"The Sukhois will be upgraded in near future to further enhance their operational capabilities," said IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria. The IAF has so far inducted over 250 of the 272 Sukhois originally contracted in batches from Russia for well over $12 billion, with the bulk of them being licensed-produced by HAL.


The Sukhoi upgrade project will include the latest avionics, a much more powerful radar "almost as good as an AESA (active electronically scanned array) one", state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems and the like. "There will be new computer systems for greater weapon control and integration of new missiles and PGMs (precision-guided munitions)," said a source.

Forty-two of the twin-seat Sukhois, which have a cruising range of 3,200 km or a combat radius of about 1,500 km without mid-air refuelling, are also to be armed with the supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles to constitute a deadly package of precision-strike capability from long or "stand-off distances".

The IAF has based the fourth-generation "air dominance" Sukhois on both the western and eastern fronts, from Halwara, Jodhpur and Sirsa to Bareilly, Tezpur and Chabua, to cater for Pakistan and China. Along with the Mirage-2000s, the Sukhois are the most potent fighters in the country's air combat fleet till the 36 Rafales get inducted under the Rs 59,000 crore deal inked with France in 2016.

The IAF's 49 Mirage-2000s, some of which were used to bomb the JeM facility at Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, are being upgraded under an overall programme worth Rs 17,547 crore. The programme was first finalised at Rs 10,947 crore with French companies Dassault Aviation and Thales in July 2011.

Then, a second Rs 6,600 crore contract for 490 advanced fire-and-forget MICA (interception and aerial combat missiles) systems to arm the Mirages was finalised with French armament major MBDA in early-2012. But the progress has been slow since then, with only about 10 Mirages being upgraded till now.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...nced-avionics-radars/articleshow/71471211.cms

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

They will need it....

 

[Itachi]

They will need it....

Buurrrnnnn....

On Topic: So does IAF finally agree that they were inadequately prepared on Feb 27th?? And are admitting defeat??

Cuz if you upgrade your stuff after a confrontation....that most likely means you weren't prepared enough in the first place.

 

[Yaseen1]

it shows that su30 of india was lost on 27feb

 

[ARMalik]

"More advanced avionics, radars and weapons" ....... weren't you idiots saying MKI can beat anything except F-22!!

 

[Dazzler]

Buurrrnnnn....

On Topic: So does IAF finally agree that they were inadequately prepared on Feb 27th?? And are admitting defeat??

Cuz if you upgrade your stuff after a confrontation....that most likely means you weren't prepared enough in the first place.

If only some of the folks knew the extent of upgrades theyve been doing since 27th feb...

Everything from radio comms, datalink, missiles, to electronic warfare, and the list goes on.

It turns out that the IAF of today is just a bubble, though they are catching fast.

I still ROFL on the FACT that Abhi, a wing commander, was carrying WWII basic flight manuals with him!

"More advanced avionics, radars and weapons" ....... weren't you idiots saying MKI can beat anything except F-22!!

Yep, and LCA too. These guys stop at nothing when it comes to self fellatio.

 

[Itachi]

If only some of the folks knew the extent of upgrades theyve been doing since 27th feb...

Everything from radio comms, datalink, missiles, to electronic warfare, and the list goes on.

It turns out that the IAF of today is just a bubble, though they are catching fast.

Right, we need to be on our feet. The enemy underestimated us on Feb 27th. Let's not underestimate them next time.

Better overestimate them and prepare ourselves rather than underestimate them and not be ready at all.

A list of things of what they're procuring, from whom, where, how and when would help us a lot (the armed forces). Check their suppliers, see what kind/type of equipment it is, see if there's a counter available on the market or even better etc etc.

Hopefully the Armed Forces and the Intel community aren't sleeping after Feb 27th with a belly full of biryani or it'll be Troy all over again.

 

[PradoTLC]

• India plans to upgrade its fleet of Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets with more advanced avionics, radars and weapons to further bolster their combat capabilities, with detailed talks currently under way with Russia for the project
• The IAF is also finalising with Russia the procurement of 12 more Sukhois to replace the ones lost in crashes, which will be built by Hindustan Aeronautics

India plans to upgrade its fleet of Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets with more advanced avionics, radars and weapons to further bolster their combat capabilities, with detailed talks currently under way with Russia for the project.

The IAF is also finalising with Russia the procurement of 12 more Sukhois to replace the ones lost in crashes, which will be built by defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics, as well as 21 additional MiG-29 jets that will cost around Rs 230 crore each.

"The Sukhois will be upgraded in near future to further enhance their operational capabilities," said IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria. The IAF has so far inducted over 250 of the 272 Sukhois originally contracted in batches from Russia for well over $12 billion, with the bulk of them being licensed-produced by HAL.


The Sukhoi upgrade project will include the latest avionics, a much more powerful radar "almost as good as an AESA (active electronically scanned array) one", state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems and the like. "There will be new computer systems for greater weapon control and integration of new missiles and PGMs (precision-guided munitions)," said a source.

Forty-two of the twin-seat Sukhois, which have a cruising range of 3,200 km or a combat radius of about 1,500 km without mid-air refuelling, are also to be armed with the supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles to constitute a deadly package of precision-strike capability from long or "stand-off distances".

The IAF has based the fourth-generation "air dominance" Sukhois on both the western and eastern fronts, from Halwara, Jodhpur and Sirsa to Bareilly, Tezpur and Chabua, to cater for Pakistan and China. Along with the Mirage-2000s, the Sukhois are the most potent fighters in the country's air combat fleet till the 36 Rafales get inducted under the Rs 59,000 crore deal inked with France in 2016.

The IAF's 49 Mirage-2000s, some of which were used to bomb the JeM facility at Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, are being upgraded under an overall programme worth Rs 17,547 crore. The programme was first finalised at Rs 10,947 crore with French companies Dassault Aviation and Thales in July 2011.

Then, a second Rs 6,600 crore contract for 490 advanced fire-and-forget MICA (interception and aerial combat missiles) systems to arm the Mirages was finalised with French armament major MBDA in early-2012. But the progress has been slow since then, with only about 10 Mirages being upgraded till now.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...nced-avionics-radars/articleshow/71471211.cms

so no excuse for getting shot down like flies?

 

[Riz]

Question is... Why now.??

 

[TNT]

Global defense firms are like come lets milk these morons.

 

[Trango Towers]

Trouble is you can give a fool the best equipment. It doesn't mean he will become the best.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Basically what he is saying that Israeli gadgets which are currently installed on SU30s are shite.

 

[Archie]

Buurrrnnnn....

On Topic: So does IAF finally agree that they were inadequately prepared on Feb 27th?? And are admitting defeat??

Cuz if you upgrade your stuff after a confrontation....that most likely means you weren't prepared enough in the first place.

su30mki were first inducted in 1997
If u search this forum
I will find article regarding its MLU , dating back to 2016

Basically what he is saying that Israeli gadgets which are currently installed on SU30s are shite.

u faced off against 1 su30mki

when u will face 200 of them, Bajwa will be on the first flight off to Dubai ,to join Musharraf on medical leave

 

[Mighty Lion]

u faced off against 1 su30mki

when u will face 200 of them, Bajwa will be on the first flight off to Dubai ,to join Musharraf on medical leave

They failed to shoot any Su-30.

On Feb 27 in J&K, There were only 2 Su-30s in the air along with 2 M2000 a 180 km further north, so as they were outnumbered 6:1 by PAF 4th gen jets, we decided to pull them back until reinforcements were sent.

 

[Haris Ali2140]

Pre 27 Indian members on this forum were claiming that only 1 or 2 squadron of bidons will be enough for PAF as our most advanced F16 is b 52 which is old.

They failed to shoot any Su-30.

On Feb 27 in J&K, There were only 2 Su-30s in the air along with 2 M2000 a 180 km further north, so as they were outnumbered 6:1 by PAF 4th gen jets, we decided to pull them back until reinforcements were sent.