Noticias de la Fuerza Aérea India

[purilacroix]

Nos fuimos por la tangente.. volvemos al tema muchachos?

 

[Shandor]

INDIA RECIBE EL SEGUNDO LOTE DE HELICOPTEROS MI-17

India acaba de recibir de Rusia un segundo lote de helicopteros Mi-17V-5, conforme a un contrato de 2008 que prevee el suministro de 80 aeronaves de este modelo, informo una fuente de la industria rusa de defensa. La fuente preciso que cuatro helicopteros Mi-17V-5 ya llegaron a la ciudad de Chandigarh. Una vez completadas las obras de montaje y la prueba de vuelo, seran traspasados a la parte india, dijo. En lo que queda del 2011 se enviaran un total de 21 helicopteros. El primer lote de los Mi-17V-5 llego a India este mes. El Mi-17V-5 es una version modernizada del modelo Mi-8T. Puede transportar carga y efectivos de desembarco aereo en la cabina, asi como objetos de gran porte como carga externa. El diseño del helicoptero permite desembarcar a 36 personas en apenas 15 segundos. La Fuerza Aerea de India ya tiene en su arsenal unos 150 helicopteros Mi-8 y Mi-17
espejo aeronautico

 

[SuperEtendard]

Artículo del Air Marshal Raghu Ranjan (IAF)

http://MMRCA and the Indian Air Force​

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Interesantes estos párrafos finales:​

These two aircraft have qualified on the basis of their technical superiority in aerodynamic efficiency and high altitude operations. ​

Estos dos aviones calificaron en base a su superioridad técnica en eficiencia aerodinámica y operaciones a altas altitudes.​

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The important characteristics that the IAF emphasised as essential in the RFP were-Aerodynamic Effectiveness, Sensors and Avionics, Defensive Countermeasures Suites (DCS) and finally weapons.

Las características importantes que la IAF enfatizó como esenciales en el RFP fueron la eficacia aerodinámica, sensores y aviónica, sistemas de contramedidas defensivas (DCS) y finalmente armas.

Extraño que este señor hable de "superioridad técnica en eficiencia aerodinámica" y de "eficacia aerodinámica" como parámetros fundamentales de un avión de combate cuando todos sabemos que eso no es importante, que eso es para aficionados que no entienden de estas cosas...


Saludos

PD: Con mas tiempo subo la traducción del artículo.

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[Klingsor]

No funciona el link al articulo en ingles.

 

[SuperEtendard]

Bueno, ya que vas a traducir...uhhhh

MMRCA and the Indian Air Force

By Air Marshal Raghu Ranjan

The MMRCA as a first step, will enable the IAF to hold its own against the PAF, and when it reaches its authorised strength, to face the PLAAF. The technical evaluation process has been transparent and gone on without a hitch. The AESA radar that the IAF had specified, will be a game changer not only for air combat but equally well during air-to ground operations. Finally, in the area of potential benefits, transfer of technology will enable India to realise her full potential in designing and manufacturing combat jets. The cost of each of these aircraft will be high, but if the Indian negotiators do their job well, the future is assured for the IAF and India.

The process of selection of the vendor in the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) contract is in the final stages with only two contenders, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale remaining in the competition. Which of the two combat aircraft will the Indian Air Force (IAF) finally induct as the MMRCA is the question that is foremost in the public mind?

Depleting Force Levels​

The MMRCA proposal comes as challenges to India’s national security are increasing in intensity and complexity. IAF’s force levels have plummeted to an all-time low of 29 squadrons on account of normal attrition, retirement of obsolescent aircraft and interminable delay is the procurement of replacements. The currently authorised force level of 39.5 squadrons is unlikely to be restored before 2020. As India’s neighbors are aggressively modernising their air forces, the need to enhance the combat potential of the IAF acquires urgency.
There are a number of factors that influence the selection of the MMRCA. The growing size and strength of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and of China’s Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has a direct bearing on the numbers, and the quality of the MMRCA as would also facilitate understanding of the rationale for the MMRCA, its attributes and its impact on the IAF.

The Impact of Air Power​

The basic characteristics of air power are speed, reach, flexibility, mobility and lethality. Presently, even when India’s land forces possess far greater combat capability than they ever did, the IAF is still viewed as the principal rapid response component of Indian military power. In the prevailing scenario the possibility of limited war under the nuclear shadow being more likely, the role of the IAF has become even more critical.
Indian air power therefore, must be potent enough to achieve air superiority to permit the three services to successfully carry out their assigned missions. For such a strategy to be successful, requires the IAF to maintain significant quantitative and qualitative superiority against Pakistan and sufficiently dissuasive power against China. India successfully managed to maintain superiority in force levels throughout the 1980s with a 2.9:1 advantage in combat aircraft over Pakistan. The current shortfall in combat potential has cut deeply into the comprehensive air superiority essential to India’s military strategy.

The PAF​

Pakistan has managed to maintain its combat aircraft inventories, thanks to the support from the US and China. The PAF has 22 combat squadrons against the IAF’s 29. The IAF has around 630 combat aircraft, which, in comparison with Pakistan’s 380-odd fighters, constitutes a ratio of 1.6:1, clearly a far cry from the 2.9:1 superiority that the IAF enjoyed in the 1980s.
The qualitative changes in the PAF make these numbers even more troubling. Pakistan is acquiring new F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft with advanced radars, electronic warfare (EW) systems, and advanced aerial weapon systems. Finances permitting, the PAF could have a 100-strong contingent of advanced F-16s in the coming decade. PAF is also scheduled to acquire 250 new Chinese FC-1/JF-17 aircraft which will form the core of its future combat capability. The F-16 and the JF-17 fleets together could constitute a force of some 350 respectable fourth-generation combat aircraft armed with advanced sensors and air-to-air weaponry.
The PAF is also in the process of acquiring Beyond Visual Range Air-to- Air Missile (BVR AAM) capability for its fighter fleet, a lethal weapon system she did not possess earlier. These are the American AIM 120-C Advanced Medium Air-to Air Missile (AMRAAM) to arm the F-16C. The Chinese PL-12 (BVR AAM) for the new JF-17 Chinese jets, will allow the PAF to contest the Russian R-77 BVR AAMs, on board the Indian MiG-21 BISON and Su-30 MKI fighters. The PAF is also acquiring Airborne Early Warning (AEW) platforms, composed of four Swedish SAAB-2000 aircraft equipped with the ERIEYE phased array radar and four additional Y-8 AEW platforms from China. These acquisitions will enhance PAF’s air surveillance envelope, improve survivability of ground-based air defence network and enable combat aircraft to operate more effectively in both defensive and offensive missions against India.
The IAF still enjoys significant advantages over the PAF. It has a larger contingent of high performance aircraft; operates more BVR capable platforms ; its airplanes deploy better on-board sensors and electronic warfare systems; its pilots are more proficient in advanced air combat tactics including operations in a BVR environment. The IAF possesses superior combat support aircraft, better infrastructure and a continually improving integrated air defence network. However, India’s falling numbers of front-line combat aircraft will enhance risks and curtail flexibility. While these limitations will be less significant if the scale of conflict remains limited, they will become critical in the event of a large-scale war.

The PLAAF ​

The PLAAF has traditionally outnumbered the IAF by an order of magnitude. In the early 1990s, the Chinese air force inventory was huge, consisting of around 5,000 airplanes. From the IAF’s perspective, this threat was manageable because the backbone of its combat capability consisted of about 3,000 obsolete second-generation fighters such as the J-6/MiG-19. Third-generation fighters particularly the J-7 E/G and the J-8, were few. The J-7 fleet included roughly 500 aircraft in varying configurations and the J-8s probably never exceeded 100 airplanes in the PLAAF inventory.
The most capable combat component of the PLAAF was probably smaller than the IAF’s combat fleet for decades after 1971. Furthermore, the PLAAF’s poor combat support aircraft inventory, primitive integrated air defence system, left the force as a whole, a poor challenger to the IAF. India had an even better advantage in this regard as the PLAAF’s best airplanes were deployed mostly along its northern and eastern borders, against Russia, Taiwan and Japan. Also, Chinese air bases in the Tibetan region were extremely primitive. I Infrastructure available on the Tibetan plateau was inadequate to support any significant air operations against India. The balance of air power persisted until the year 2000 when on account of a concerted modernisation initiated in the 1990s, the largely obsolescent combat inventory was replaced by modern more capable platforms. Accordingly, the PLAAF inventory has shrunk dramatically from the 5,000 combat aircraft during the 1990s to 1,700 today.
Along with the J-7s and J-8s, a smaller but rapidly growing fleet of advanced combat aircraft—over 350-odd fighters presently—the most prominent of which are, the Russian Su-27/30 and the indigenous F-10 which incorporates Israeli technology. The strength of the PLAAF will probably be around 1,700 aircraft in 2020, the proportion of advanced systems will keep increasing. It would be reasonable to expect PLAAF to have close to 500 Su-27/30s and 500 F-10s, as well as a small number of fifth-generation stealth fighters. The rest of the fleet would c consist of 300 F-7 and F-8 aircraft along with lightweight fighters –FC-1/JF-17 aircraft.
This force structure reveals that the PLAAF will have more fourth generation aircraft a decade from now than the total number of aircraft in the IAF inventory. This fleet would be armed with advanced AAMs like the PL-12 BVR AAM and would be supplemented with superior air-to-ground weapons, advanced EW systems, tanker support aircraft and advanced UAVs.
The up gradation is certain to result in a very capable air defence system, comprising comprehensive sensors, secure communication and data links, a robust command and control system and advanced SAMs. The large investments in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, space capabilities and cyber warfare have already attracted widespread attention. China is well on its way to becoming a genuine aerospace power rather than being merely an air force with high performance aircraft.
These improvements are also steadily becoming manifest in Southwestern China, which borders India. This region deploys 300 combat aircraft. The quality of this force has steadily improved with the deployment of fourth-generation aircraft such as the Su-27 and the F-10. Chinese capabilities in the Tibetan plateau has seen improvements in roads, railways, airfield infrastructure and fuel supply. The high elevation of the Tibetan plateau will entail reduced take-off weight restricting weapon load. This handicap can be partially offset through in-flight refueling. Unless India acts to stem the reduction in force levels of its fighter fleet, the IAF will face critical challenges.
In numerical terms, the IAF has to confront two adversaries, Pakistan and China, who routinely maintain close to 700 combat aircraft—equivalent to the IAF’s own strength—in the territorial regions contiguous to the Indian border. Although Indian superiority over Pakistani air power will continue in the foreseeable future. However, superiority of the IAF will diminish as the capability of the PAF improves. China poses a greater challenge. Not only is the IAF poised to lose forever its traditional numerical superiority where advanced combat aircraft are concerned, this segment of the PLAAF alone is likely to exceed the size of the entire IAF by 2020. When the larger transformation of the Chinese military is taken into account, the situation becomes serious indeed.
In terms of pure numbers, by 2020, the IAF will have to confront around 1,500 fourth- generation Pakistani and Chinese fighters not to mention cruise missiles, UAVs, ballistic missiles, electronic warfare, cyber and space warfare.

The Indian MMRCA​

The situation is now clearer with the IAF needing to augment force levels initially by 126 MMRCA subsequently increasing to 200, and restoring the authorised level of 39.5 squadrons. The IAF has opted for a fourth –generation system for some very sound reasons. – An advanced fourth generation system will enable the IAF to face it’s potential adversaries. The fourth-generation system will require a mid -life upgrade in a decade and by then, the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) would be entering the IAF’s inventory. The FGFA along with the Tejas will form the combat fleet of the IAF in the 2020s.

Qualitative Requirements ​

The IAF evaluated the six competitors for the MMRCA contract against 660 technical benchmarks and narrowed to two aircraft-the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale. Besides the extensive tests in their home locations, the competitors were also subjected to rigorous tests in three locations- Bangalore, Jaisalmer and Leh to evaluate the comparative performance under conditions of humidity, extreme heat and high elevation.
These two aircraft have qualified on the basis of their technical superiority in aerodynamic efficiency and high altitude operations. Priority for the IAF is to select the aircraft with the right mix of technology, sensors, avionics, weapons, aerodynamic effectiveness along with favourable Transfer of Technology (TOT) provisions. The IAF clearly recognises that the success of operations would be greatly enhanced by the ability to attack a wide range of targets with precision munitions, especially at night and in adverse weather. The important characteristics that the IAF emphasised as essential in the RFP were-Aerodynamic Effectiveness, Sensors and Avionics, Defensive Countermeasures Suites (DCS) and finally weapons.

http://www.indiandefencereview.com/military-and-aerospace/MMRCA-and-the-Indian-Air-Force.html

Saludos
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Facelift for two Mirage 2000 jets in French RivieraEconomic times , Dec 5​

The first set of two Mirage 2000 combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) have flown out for upgrade at the facilities of Thales, the French defence and aerospace giant, as part of a $1.35 billion deal for the 51-aircraft fleet. ​

"Two aircraft - a single seater and a double-seater - have flown out to the French Air Base near Istres. The aircraft will reach Monday-Tuesday after halts in two countries in the Gulf and two in Europe," Thales country director Eric Lenseigne said.​

"The upgrade will begin immediately after a 22-member project team from the Indian Air Force and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will be associated with the project. This is what we call a middle-life upgrade. It will take a few years," Lenseigne said. ​

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At Istres, the aircraft will see an upgrade of its avionics, combat systems, electronics for military capability, night vision cockpit, advanced navigational systems, friend-or-foe identification system, radars and the warfare suites.​

According to Lenseigne, Thales is also working on the projects it will undertake as part of the offsets for Mirage 2000 upgrade. India, like many countries, asks defence vendors to spend some the project money locally to source components or as investment.​

"We have in mind some 15 major proposals covering army, navy and air force. These are in broad areas like air defence, new generation equipment for combat aircraft like sensors, and maritime radars. Our partners are under selection," he added.​

A $16.5 billion giant in the defence, security, aerospace and transport markets, Thales has 68,000 employees in 50 countries. In India, it started operations over five decades ago and also has joint ventures with Rolta and Samtel, and a global software arm in Chennai. ​

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En resumen:

2 Mirage 2000 de la IAF ya están en Francia para el programa de modernización. Se trata de un monoplaza y un biplaza. El trabajo comenzará con el arribo de 22 técnicos de la IAF y HAL.

Saludos

 

[Grulla]

MiG-29UB-UPG de la India

 

[Klingsor]

Un caza Su-30 se estrella en la India consiguiendo los pilotos salvar sus vidas

Nueva Delhi, 13 de diciembre, RIA Novosti ( http://sp.rian.ru/doings/20111213/152205529.html ).

Un caza Su-30 de la Fuerza Aérea de la India se estrelló hoy en el oeste del país consiguiendo los dos pilotos eyectarse y salvar sus vidas, informó la cadena de televisión NDTV que cita fuentes militares.

El avión despegó desde la base aérea de Lohegaon ubicada cerca de la localidad de Pune y realizaba un vuelo de entrenamiento. Por ahora se desconocen las causas del siniestro.

Se trata del tercer accidente de un Su-30 desde 1997, año en que la India incorporó esos cazas a su Fuerza Aérea. De manera que ya son nueve aviones militares indios estrellados en lo que va de año. Seis de ellos son los MiG-21.

El núcleo de la aviación de caza de la Fuerza Aérea de la India lo constituyen unos 130 cazas polivalentes Su-30MKI y unos 70 cazabombarderos MiG-29.

India asimismo dispone de 51 cazas franceses Mirage 2000 y de unos 200 cazas multipropósito MiG-21, casi la mitad de los cuales será retirada del servicio en dos o tres años y los demás serán sometidos a modernización

 

[Sebastian]

La India gastará US$100.000 millones en armamento e infraestructura militar en 5 años​

La India planea gastar 100.000 millones de dólares en la compra de nuevo armamento, construcción de aeródromos y desarrollo de la infraestructura militar entre 2012 y 2017, declaró el ministro hindú de Defensa, Arackaparambil Kurian Antony.
En su discurso ante el parlamento el ministro, citado este martes por el diario Times of India, indicó que las autoridades asignarán 12.000 millones de dólares al desarrollo de la infraestructura militar en el este y oeste, en las fronteras con Pakistán y China.
Las autoridades planean construir nuevos aeródromos, en particular para los aparatos no tripulados, y búnkeres, así como formar nuevas unidades de infantería de montaña.
La suma no incluye los gastos de mantenimiento del Ejército que integra a 1,3 millones de efectivos.
En este sentido el diario resaltó que es imposible que sea barata la defensa de las fronteras de un país con vecinos potencialmente hostiles que poseen armas nucleares.
http://www.sp.rian.ru/Defensa/20111213/152205937.html

 

[Sebastian]

Rusia y la India firman un paquete de documentos incluido uno sobre suministro de cazas​

Rusia y la India firmaron hoy un paquete de documentos incluido uno sobre el suministro de componentes adicionales para el ensamblaje de cazas en el país asiático.

Este viernes el presidente de Rusia, Dmitri Medvédev, sostuvo conversaciones con el primer ministro de la India, Manmohan Singh. Las partes firmaron el Protocolo para el Acuerdo intergubernamental de 2000 sobre la asistencia técnica en la producción del avión Su-30MKI.

El documento prevé el suministro de 42 juegos de componentes adicionales para el ensamblaje bajo licencia del igual número de cazas Su-30MKI en la India.
El encuentro entre Medvédev y Singh, que recayó en temas de interés mutuo en asuntos bilaterales e internacionales, es continuación de la tradición de intercambiar anualmente visitas.

El mandatario ruso visitó hace un año la India. En 2011 es el tercer encuentro de los dos líderes tras las reuniones celebradas al margen de las cumbres del Grupo BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) y del Grupo de los Veinte.

India es el mayor importador de armamento ruso. Entre los proyectos conjuntos más importantes vale mencionar la organización en el país asiático de la producción bajo licencia de los cazas Su-30MKI, tanques T-90S, motores para aviones y misiles de crucero BrahMos. Rusia y la India, además, trabajan en la creación del caza de quinta generación FGFA y del avión de transporte MTA.

El programa de cooperación técnica y militar prevé la entrega en leasing por diez años a la India del submarino nuclear ruso "Nerpa", la modernización del portaviones "Almirante Gorshkov" (rebautizado por la India como "Vicramaditya") y el suministro de una nueva partida de tres fragatas.

También se firmó un contrato de suministro a la India de cazas embarcados MiG-29K.
http://www.sp.rian.ru/international/20111216/152245898.html

 

[berkut]

son ya el mayor usuario del Su-30 no?
que los tiro a estos Indios!!

 

[Grulla]

French air force chief confident of Rafale victory in Indian contest​

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...t-of-rafale-victory-in-indian-contest-366102/

Sobre el Su-30MKI estrellado:

Flaws in Russian design or holes in HAL quality?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/flaws-in-russian-design-or-holes-in-hal-quality/212735-60-115.html


Fuerza Aérea India en los 80

 

[Sebastian]

Rusia entregará este mes a India los últimos cazas MiG-29 contratados en 2004​

La corporación aeronáutica rusa MiG reafirmó hoy que cumplirá en lo que queda del año su compromiso con India que prevé el suministro de 16 cazas navales MiG-29K/KUB mediante un contrato de 2004.
“Este diciembre vamos a completar la entrega de los aviones contratados en 2004 a la Armada india. Ya hemos iniciado la producción del lote siguiente, conforme a un contrato suscrito en marzo de 2010”, consta en la nota de prensa emitida por MiG.
Hasta la fecha, la empresa rusa suministró a India 14 de los 16 aviones previstos en el primer contrato. El próximo lote, evaluado en 1,5 mil millones de dólares, será de 29 cazas.
Los cazas MiG-29K/KUB participaron este martes en un desfile naval que se llevó a cabo en el puerto de Mumbai con la asistencia de unos 80 buques de guerra, entre ellos, el portaaviones Viraat. Una delegación rusa encabezada por el director de MiG, Serguei Korotkov, presenció el evento.
Los cazas multipropósito MiG-29K (monoplaza) y MiG-29KUB (biplaza) son aviones de la llamada generación 4++. Disponen de modernos sistemas de control electrónicos, son menos visibles para radares y pueden llevar mayor cantidad de combustible y armamento, en particular, misiles guiados y no guiados, bombas y cañón incorporado de 30 mm.
http://www.sp.rian.ru/Defensa/20111220/152277098.html

 

[Grulla]

 

[Grulla]

India comprueba seguridad de Sukhoi Su-30MKI

25/12/2011 - La Fuerza Aérea India recientemente realizó un vuelo de una hora de duración en el reciente caza Su-30MKI. Esto para tranquilizar a los pilotos indios y demostrar la seguridad de la aeronave ya que uno de estos modelos se estrelló recientemente.

Los Pilotos indios se encuentran nerviosos por la seguridad de los aviones caza rusos. En los últimos años, la mayoría de problemas y accidentes de aviones militares ha consistido de productos MiG.

A lo largo de su historia, la flota hindu ha operado una basta cantidad de aviones de esta gama (MiG-1/15/17/19/21/23/27/29). Hoy en día los MiGs siguen chocando. India acaba de perder otro combate MiG-21, el quinto que se estrelló este año. Eso es más del 71 por ciento de los aviones de combate indios perdieron este año. Durante el último medio siglo, la India ha comprado 976 MiG-21, más de la mitad se han ido, en su mayoría a causa de accidentes.

En cuanto a los modelos más recientes como el Su-30, se cree que es mucho más seguro y eficiente. Problemas presentados en accidentes recientes con este modelo, indican que esto no puede ser el caso, por lo tanto el vuelo de comprobación.

Fuente: http://topaviones.blogspot.com/2011/12/india-comprueba-seguridad-de-sukhoi-su.html​

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[Juanma]

ya que no es tu culpa pero...
Que nota chota.
Hace un vuelo de comprobación en un Flanker y se ponen a hablar casi toda la nota de Migs y en particular Migs 21.
Se ve que habia que rellenar y mira que hay material de los Flankers Indios como para agregar....

 

[diazpez]

Ademàs, nada mejor que volar un Sukhoi para comprobar la confiabilidad de un Mig.

 

[berkut]

jejeje... aparte.. cuantos Mig y Su tiene India y cuantos cazas supersonicos de otras naciones?
es como decir... tengo 1000 fiat y 20 ford... pero los fiat son una porqueria pq en lo que va del año se me rompieron 3..... y ningun ford!

hay que ser mas objetivo cuando se analiza ese tipo de cosas... mas cuando se habla de incidentes o accidentes aereos..

 

[Grulla]

Si, es medio chotinga la nota. En interdefensa Growler subio una nota sobre los problemas del motor del Su-30MKI. Todavia no se sabe si es un problema de diseño o de control de calidad....bah, un poco más arriba subi una nota en inglés sobre el tema

 

[Sebastian]

India principal cliente de industria aeronáutica militar rusa en 2011 según experto​

India fue este año la principal destinataria de exportaciones aeronáuticas militares de Rusia, comunicó hoy Ígor Korótchenko, director del Centro para el análisis del tráfico internacional de armas (TsAMTO).

De un total de siete programas del suministro, dos memorandos de intenciones y un contrato que se incluyeron en el informe de 2011, TsAMTO destaca como el más significativo un anexo al convenio intergubernamental indo-ruso de 2000.

Mediante este documento que, según Korótchenko, “ocupa el primer lugar en la clasificación”, Rusia va a proporcionar componentes para producir en India, bajo licencia, una cantidad extra de 42 cazas Su-30MKI.

Korótchenko señaló que al margen del ranking quedaron algunos programas importantes cuyas etapas específicas se darán por concluidas el próximo año, en particular, tres proyectos que Rusia e India promueven conjuntamente: el desarrollo de un caza de quinta generación, la creación de un avión de transporte militar y la adaptación de misiles de crucero BrahMos para los Su-30MKI.

El suministro de cazas Su-30MK2 a Vietnam, a juicio de Korotchenko, fue el segundo evento más importante de 2011 en el segmento de exportaciones aeronáuticas militares de Rusia. Le siguen otros dos suministros a India (la venta de los MiG-29K/KUB y la modernización de los MiG-29), así como la entrega de los Yak-130 y los Su-30MKA a Argelia.
http://www.sp.rian.ru/Defensa/20111228/152351095.html

 

[SuperEtendard]

Hace un tiempo se escuchaba este rumor en India que ahora refleja la prensa.

Govt to soon close deal for fighter jets
The two remaining contenders in the deal are likely to be called by the defence ministry on Thursday

New Delhi: The Eurofighter Typhoon​ may have emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) in the multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), according to people familiar with the matter.
Mint could not independently verify this.

The two remaining contenders in the deal are likely to be called by the defence ministry on Thursday, these people said on condition of anonymity.

The Eurofighter Typhoon is promoted by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., or EADS. The other contender vying for the L1 slot is the Rafale, promoted by Dassault SA.
Sitanshu Kar, the defence ministry’s spokesperson, declined to comment.
Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin’s F-16IN Super Viper, both from the US and initially seen to be among the frontrunners, Russia’s Mikoyan MiG-35​ and Sweden’s Saab JAS 39 Gripen were the other contenders.
The defence ministry short-listed the Eurofighter and the Rafale after extensive field trials. The shortlist was announced on 29 April. The deal is potentially worth $10 billion, which would make it the single largest defence deal India has ever struck.

Al menos parece que el resultado oficial se sabrá el 12 de este mes.

Saludos