Manohar Parrikar, Indian
defence minister has hinted that if French company Dassault does not fully
comply with the original RFP over purchase of Rafale fighter jets and MMRCA
deal is collapsed then India will order an upgraded version of the Su-30MKI
aircrafts.
Sources have
also told that Parrikar is going to push for more ingeniously upgraded
Sukhoi-30MKI using technologies which were developed for Lca Tejas and Tejas
MK-2. In 2012 “Super 30” was first coined to keep aircraft relevant till FGFA
and AMCA takeover front line roles in IAF. Super-30 is an upgraded version of
Su-30MKI. Super-30 upgrade includes a new AESA radar, a new state of the art
electronic warfare systems, improved on board computers. New weapons systems
included like BVRAAM, Indian developed Astra and Indian developed PGM.
Air-intakes and Engines exhaust is modified to reduce the RCS.
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.
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