Russia phases out France made HUD in Su-30 by Russia made HUD to guard against France sanction

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

According to the source of our blog, for multifunctional Su-30SM manufactured for the Russian Defense Ministry at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant JSC “Corporation “Irkut” under the import substitution with the end of 2015 will be installed collimator head-up displays of windshield IKSH-1M developed of JSC “Ramenskoye Instrument Design Bureau “Concern “Radio-electronic technology” (KRET, is part of the State Corporation “Rostec”) instead of the applied to the present head-up displays (HUD)of French-made Thales HUD 3022.

One of the members web forum forums.airforce.ru, apparently associated with the Irkutsk aircraft factory, also confirms information about the upcoming replacement of head-up displays Thales HUD 3022 with Russian-1M IKSH for Su-30SM.

https://engineeringrussia.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/su-30sm-to-receive-russian-head-up-displays/

The France made Thales HUD 3022 HUD looks like this.

The Russia made 1M IKSH HUD looks like this. Used in Su-35 S.