DefenceTalkTwo Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed Saturday, killing one pilot and injuring two others, in an apparent mid-air collision while on exercises south of the capital New Delhi. The crash is the latest in a string of military aircraft accidents at a time when the government is trying to modernise its armed forces and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-indian-military-jets-crash-one-pilot-killed-79801/

The Indian Air Force has inducted its first squadron of Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft carrying the BrahMos missiles in the South at its Thanjavur base in Tamil Nadu today. The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Bhadauria inducted the squadron at an impressive ceremony. […]

DefenceTalkChina unveiled a set of photos of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s Su-30MKK fighter jets’ first training in the new year on January 6, 2019. These photos “inadvertently” revealed a detail: a Su-30 MK2 fighter preparing to take off was mounted with a Chinese PL-12 air-to-air missile. This does not seem to be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-modified-su-30-fighter-jets-might-be-aircraft-carriers-nightmare-72110/

DefenceTalkDeputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov checked the implementation of missions of the Ministry of Defence at the Irkutsk aviation plant. “This year, the program of production includes 24 aircraft: 10 YAK-130, 12 aircraft for Aerospace Forces and for the Navy Forces – 2 SU-30SM”, said Yuri Borisov in an interview with reporters during a visit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-armed-forces-to-receive-14-su-30sm-fighters-and-10-yak-130-aircraft-71449/

DefenceTalkThe visit of the Russia Minister of Defence General of the Army Sergei Shoigu has given additional impetus to military and technical cooperation between Russia and Myanmar: the Republic is actively procuring the Russian armaments and military hardware, including the SU-30 fighter jets. This was announced by Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Alexander Fomin. He […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-supply-six-su-30-fighter-jets-to-myanmar-71135/

DefenceTalkIrkut Corporation (a member of UAC) participates in AERO INDIA 2017 Air Show (Bangalore, 14-18 February). The corporate products are represented in models of Su-30MKI, Yak-130, MC-21, and Yak-152 aircraft at the stand of UAC. Su-30MKI multirole fighters are the exceptional exhibits of AERO INDIA 2017. These aircraft constitute the backbone of the Indian Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/irkut-corporation-expands-su-30mki-program-69130/

DefenceTalkIndia is boosting negotiations with Russia on the upgrade of its Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) multirole fighter jets, according to a source in the Russian defense industry. “Due to the postponement of the FGFA (Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft) joint program, the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has apparently revealed its intention to upgrade Su-30MKI […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-enhance-su-30mki-multirole-fighters-67939/

DefenceTalkBrahMos Aerospace today on 25th of June 2016 successfully demonstrated the integration of world’s most formidable supersonic cruise missile system BRAHMOS on Su-30MKI frontline strike fighter of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The demonstration flight, carried out at HAL Nasik, involved carriage of BRAHMOS weapon on the long-range Sukhoi-30 fighter, giving a major fillip to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-flies-brahmos-missile-on-su-30-fighter-aircraft-67721/

DefenceTalkThe Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) multipurpose fighter jet equipped with an air-launched version of the BrahMos cruise missile has performed the first flight, spokesman for the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Company Praveen Pathak told TASS. “India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has carried out the first flight of the Su-30MKI fighter jet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-su-30mki-jet-equipped-with-brahmos-cruise-missile-performs-first-flight-67723/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Black Sea Fleet that is based in Crimea has been reinforced with a squadron of eight newest Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters. The fleet will receive several more aircraft of this type later this year, the fleet’s spokesman Vyacheslav Trukhachev said on Thursday. “After the reunification of Crimea with Russia in 2014 the process of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-newest-su-30sm-fighter-squadron-stands-up-in-crimea-66914/