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HAL to supply components for Sukhoi fighters to Russia
Vinay Shukla
Zhukovski, Aug 20 (PTI) The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
(HAL) will supply components to Russia for its Sukhoi range of
combat jets for export to third countries, even as India's
premier aviation giant prepares to roll out the first fully
indigenous Su-30MKI multi-role fighter next year.
India and Russia are expected to sign an inter-
governmental agreement on supply on components by the end of
this year, a top HAL executive has said.
"We are already supplying navigation and communication
equipment for installation on the Su-30MK series of fighters
exported by Russia to other countries," GM of HAL's Nasik
based Aircraft Manufacturing Division, V Balakrishnan told PTI
on sidelines of the International Aerospace Show-MAKS-2009.
The new agreement would provide for expanding the
inventory to include the supply of airframe components for the
multi-role jets to be exported by Russia, he said.
Russia has supplied Su-30MK series fighters to Malaysia
and Indonesia and there are plans to export this powerful
weapons platform to Algeria and Venezuela, media reports said.
"Next year HAL will achieve 100 per cent indigenisation
of the Sukhoi aircraft - from the production of raw materials
to the final plane assembly. We're currently testing the
locally produced engine for Su-30MKI and are planning to
launch its production in 2010," Balakrishnan said.
"HAL will manufacture 60 Su-30MKI fighters in the full
production cycle till 1015," Balakrishnan said.
The aerospace company has a long history of cooperation
with Russian aviation industry since it started licensed
production of MiG-21 fighters in 1960s, the best combat jet of
the Cold War-era. It is now involved in the production of
Su-30MKI, believed to be the world's best in its class.
HAL's stall at the MAKS-2009 was inaugurated by Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here.
The IAF is acquiring a total of 230 Su-30MKI multi-role
jets by 2015, tailor-made to meet its requirements over next
two decades. Under the Sukhoi deal HAL is to produce 140 jets
under license involving 'deep' transfer of technology.
The work began in 2004 with the assembly of knockdown
kits provided by Irkut Aircraft Corporation, now part of the
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). PTI
Zhukovski, Aug 20 (PTI) The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
(HAL) will supply components to Russia for its Sukhoi range of
combat jets for export to third countries, even as India's
premier aviation giant prepares to roll out the first fully
indigenous Su-30MKI multi-role fighter next year.
India and Russia are expected to sign an inter-
governmental agreement on supply on components by the end of
this year, a top HAL executive has said.
"We are already supplying navigation and communication
equipment for installation on the Su-30MK series of fighters
exported by Russia to other countries," GM of HAL's Nasik
based Aircraft Manufacturing Division, V Balakrishnan told PTI
on sidelines of the International Aerospace Show-MAKS-2009.
The new agreement would provide for expanding the
inventory to include the supply of airframe components for the
multi-role jets to be exported by Russia, he said.
Russia has supplied Su-30MK series fighters to Malaysia
and Indonesia and there are plans to export this powerful
weapons platform to Algeria and Venezuela, media reports said.
"Next year HAL will achieve 100 per cent indigenisation
of the Sukhoi aircraft - from the production of raw materials
to the final plane assembly. We're currently testing the
locally produced engine for Su-30MKI and are planning to
launch its production in 2010," Balakrishnan said.
"HAL will manufacture 60 Su-30MKI fighters in the full
production cycle till 1015," Balakrishnan said.
The aerospace company has a long history of cooperation
with Russian aviation industry since it started licensed
production of MiG-21 fighters in 1960s, the best combat jet of
the Cold War-era. It is now involved in the production of
Su-30MKI, believed to be the world's best in its class.
HAL's stall at the MAKS-2009 was inaugurated by Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here.
The IAF is acquiring a total of 230 Su-30MKI multi-role
jets by 2015, tailor-made to meet its requirements over next
two decades. Under the Sukhoi deal HAL is to produce 140 jets
under license involving 'deep' transfer of technology.
The work began in 2004 with the assembly of knockdown
kits provided by Irkut Aircraft Corporation, now part of the
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). PTI
