Russia’s Su-30SM Upgrade Plans Likely to Breathe in New Life Into IAF’s Su-30MKI Fighter Jet

IAF’s much delayed modernizing plans for its Su-30MKI fleet standardized with the generation 4++ Su-35 fighter and also prolong its service life will get the much-needed boost after Indian Defense Ministry restarted Deep upgrade talks of the fleet with Russia’s Defense Ministry, after Russia shared its road map to upgrade its Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet based on baseline IAF’s Su-30MKI with India. Russia’s Defense Ministry has decided to Heavily upgrade it’s Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet in line with its Su-35 fighter so has to cut the operating cost of this aircraft by standardizing the airborne weapon systems, onboard equipment and change of engine to AL-41F-1S engines from current AL-31FP engine to bring fleet similarity with Su-35 fleet.Read More…