The aircraft would include more than 60 per cent indigenous content as per the requirement. These would be the most modern Su-30 MKI aircraft of the IAF equipped with multiple Indian weapons and sensors, the Defence officials said.
The mission was carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a time when China was expanding its presence in the Indian Ocean, which is generally regarded as the Indian Navy's backyard.
President Murmu on Sukhoi: She became the second female head of state to fly in a warplane after former President Pratibha Patil took off from the Pune air force base in a frontline Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet in 2009.
The matter came to light after an IAF representative told the parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”
In a tragic incident, a Su-30MKI and Mirage 2000 of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed following what is believed to be a mid-air collision near Morena in Madhya Pradesh which led to the death of one pilot while two others ejected safely.
The districts falling on the expressway are Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur. The project has been divided into 8 packages for implementation.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday successfully test-fired the DRDO-developed air-launched BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft.
India successfully test-fired Rudram-1, a new generation anti-radiation missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), at Balasore in Odisha around 10:30 AM on Friday.
Amid the renewed hostilities with China, Indian Air Force is planning an ambitious expansion of the force. IAF is seeking a go-ahead to purchase 33 fighter aircrafts from Russia
The Indian Air Force is prepared to fight at "short notice" and is fully ready to respond to any terror strike from Pakistan, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria said on Friday.
The Su-30 fighter aircraft, flying from Tezpur's Milanpur area on a routine training mission, lost connection with the radar at the airforce station and crashed thereafter.
Indian Air Force's Sukhoi 30MKI shot down a Pakistani drone at Bikaner Nal sector area of the border in Rajasthan on Monday.
"A Sukhoi Su-30MKI that crashed near Nashik, was an under-production aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Both pilots ejected safely," said Defence PRO in Mumbai.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft crashes near Nashik, both pilots ejected safely
The plane crashed in the fields, clear of any residential area, resulting in zero casualties from the incident.
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