BANGALORE: The Russian president, Vladimir Putin's visit to India has come with a contract for 42 more Su-30 MKI frontline fighter aircraft. The contract was signed between the ministry of defence and Russian firm Rosoboronexport in New Delhi on Monday.
"HAL's total responsibility for this supersonic multi-role aircraft has now gone up to 222. This will further boost our confidence and operations as we have already delivered 119 SU-30 aircraft to IAF. We will continue to contribute to the country's defense preparedness", said R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.
The deal was inked by Tyagi on behalf of HAL with the Ministry of Defense. S Subramanyan, Managing Director of HAL's MiG Complex signed the contract with A A Mikheev, Deputy General Director of Rosobornexport.
The SU-30 MKI is India's frontline all-weather air-dominance fighter with multi-role capability. The aircraft is fitted with two turbojet AL-31FP engines and is equipped with state-of-the-art avionics from Russian from Western and indigenous sources.
In September 2012, Indian Air Force had inducted with SU-30 fighter aircraft at the the Halwara air base in Punjab, along the line of control with Pakistan. The squadron which was operating MiG 23 aircrafts was replaced with SU-30, following the decommissioning on MiG 23 aircrafts.
An official communication from HAL said that the current deal involves 157 Indian vendors are involved in providing 13,350 components of the aircraft while another 19,450 components are manufactured at HAL's Nasik and Koraput Divisions.
The aircraft airframes are made at Nasik, engines at Koraput, accessories at Hyderabad (communication and navigation), hydraulic, pneumatic and fuel aggregates and instruments at Lucknow and avionic displays and INGPS at Korwa. Overhauling and repairs of Su-30 MKI have already commenced in the dedicated lines set up at Nasik.
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