HAL Completes Production of 140 Raw Material Phase Su-30MKI Jets
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)’s Nashik Division has completed production
from raw material of 140 Su-30MKI aircraft, HAL announced in a tweet today.
The project completion bring to an end the manufacture of Su-30MKI aircraft
for the Indian Air Force from raw material stage constituting phase 4 of the
program to manufacture the aircraft under licence from Sukhoi aircraft company
in Russia.
In earlier phases, the manufacture was progressively indigenised. The fourth
phase constituting the maximum local production with raw material sourced from
Sukhoi company.
HAL’s Nashik Division completes production from Raw Material phase (Phase IV) of 140 Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft contract. @SpokespersonMoD @drajaykumar_ias @DefProdnIndia @ANI @PTI_News @TOIIndiaNews @gopalsutar #indiaat75 pic.twitter.com/9K0cKLg00z
— HAL (@HALHQBLR) March 18, 2021
Along with the aircraft, HAL also manufactures the AL31FP engine, from raw
materials supplied by Sukhoi at its Engine Division in Koraput.
The event also marks the completion of the manufacture of 272 Su-30MKI
aircraft, the largest licence-manufacturing program of the Su-30 series of
fighter aircraft.
India has announced the purchase of a further 12 Su-30MKI aircraft for which
negotiations are currently on between the Indian and Russian sides.
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