Sukhoi
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Sukhoi's serviceability to improve by year-end: Parrikar
India | Mar 17, 2015, 05:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The serviceability rate of multi-role fighter aircraft Sukhoi is likely to improve to 75 per cent by this year end from the current level of 56-57 per cent, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said
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Sukhoi cannot replace Rafale: IAF chief
India | Feb 19, 2015, 05:54 PM ISTBengaluru: Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha today ruled out buying of more Russian SU-30s in place of French Rafale jets saying the two aircraft complement each other but do not replace the other.Amid doubts
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Indian Air Force got 81 Sukhoi planes against 112 due till 2012-13: CAG
India | Dec 19, 2014, 08:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Air Force received 81 Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft as against 112 due till 2012-13 from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) because of delay in receipt of technical documents from Russian manufacturer Rosoboronexport (ROE).Due
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Top 10 future weapons of India
India | Jun 10, 2015, 01:04 PM ISTIndia has two hostile neighbours, Pakistan and China, who are also nuclear powers. Under these circumstances, India is forced to maintain a strong army and modern weaponry.To keep the armoury synced with the modern times,
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IAF Day special: Jet fighters and bombers of Indian Air Force
India | Oct 08, 2013, 02:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Air Force was the first to induct jet fighters in Asia way back in 1948. Since then jet fighters has been at the forefront of our Air Force. These included legends
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Russian Sukhoi T-50 completes first long-range flight
World | Jan 18, 2013, 09:18 AM ISTMoscow, Jan 18 : Russia's prototype fifth-generation Sukhoi T-50 fighter jet has carried out its first long-range flight.The flight was carried out during the transfer from a manufacturing plant in the far east to an
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India, Russia sign Sukhoi, chopper deals worth around $ 3 billion
India | Dec 24, 2012, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 24: Boosting their military ties, India today inked deals worth around three billion US dollars with Russia to procure 42 new Su-30 MKI combat aircraft and 71 Mi-17V5 medium-lift helicopters.The contracts for
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India in talks with Russia to upgrade Sukhoi combat jet fleet
India | Nov 12, 2012, 11:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 12: India has opened talks with Russia to upgrade its fleet of air superiority Sukhoi Su-30s with a new radar and avionics to make the fighters more lethal than what they already
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IAF To Deploy Sukhois At Jodhpur Airbase
India | Sep 30, 2011, 09:49 PM ISTJaipur, Sep 30: Deploying its lethal combat arsenal near the Indo-Pak border, the Indian Air Force(IAF) is going to base a squadron of its Sukhoi SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Jodhpur airbase in the
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Tendulkar, Dhoni To Fly Sukhoi Soon
Cricket | Jun 30, 2011, 03:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 30 : Star Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni will soon don the flying suits, with the Defence Ministry clearing their flights in Indian Air Force's mighty Su-30 MKI fighter