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Indian defence ministry bats for Super -30?



India’s Defence minister Manohar Parrikar in recent Television Interview hinted that if MMRCA deal with France does collapse, India will not order Regular Sukhoi-30MKI which are currently manufactured in India but an upgraded version of the Su-30MKI aircrafts .
Hints are much clearer now that Parrikar certainly has Plan B and he is not ready to negotiate RFP Clauses with French Company Dassault over Purchase of Rafale Fighter jets. Sources close to idrw.org have hinted that Parrikar is going to push for more Ingeniously upgraded Sukhoi-30MKI with many key Technologies currently been developed in India for Lca Tejas and Tejas MK-2 .
“Super 30″  first coined in 2012 was to upgrade Current Su-30MKI fleet with 5th-generation fighter jet technology to keep the jet relevant in Air combat for next two decades, before 5th generation fighter aircrafts like FGFA and AMCA takeover  front line roles in IAF. Original “Super 30″ upgrades proposed to include a new radar probably an AESA radar, equipping it with new state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems. improved on-board computers, New weapons systems like Astra 1& 2 BVRAAM along with Indian developed PGM. RCS reductions measures for Air-intakes and Engines exhaust .
New built Sukhoi-30 will carry Super -30 upgrades but many of the changes will happen over the time and this upgrades will be included in mid-life upgrade (MLU) for earlier built Sukhoi-30 MKI-1 aircrafts . But key Challenge will be to Incorporate Changes and build Super -30 aircrafts in limited time frame due to falling Indian air force Squadrons level and also bigger challenge will be to raise Serviceability and operational availability of Sukhoi-30 in IAF fleet.


                                                                     SOURCE : http://idrw.org/

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