SU-30 MKI: I. Ii. III

SU-30 MKI Birth purpose Indian army Range sensors
USE : Multirole fighter , Air Superiority fighter
ORIGIN : Russia/India
MANUFACTURER & DESIGN GROUP : Hindustan Aeronautics ltd & Sukhoi
FIRST FLIGHT : Su-30МК: 1 July 1997; 25 years ago

Su-30MKI: 2000; 22 years ago
 ORIGIN DESCRIPTION:
i. The Su-30MKI was designed by Russia's Sukhoi Corporation beginning in 1995

ii. Built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
iii. The Su-30MKI is derived from the Sukhoi Su-27 and has a fusion of technology from the Su-37
demonstrator and Su-30 program
iv. It features state of the art avionics developed by Russia, India and Israel for display, navigation,
targeting and electronic warfare; France and South Africa provided other avionics.
License Distribution :
i. In October 2000, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for Indian

licence-production of 140 Su-30MKIs in December 2000, a deal was sealed at
Russian aircraft plant for full technology transfer.
ii. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has ordered 272 aircraft, of which 50 were to be
delivered by Russia and the rest of 222 planes are to be produced under license
at HAL's Indian facilities in 2004.
Training Session :
i. The first Nasik-built Su-30MKIs were to be delivered by 2004, until 2017–18.

ii. Final integration and test flights of the aircraft are carried out at HAL's Nasik Division.
iii. Four manufacturing phases were outlined with progressively increasing Indian content:
Phase I - HAL manufactured the Su-30MK
Phase II & III - Transitioning to semi knocked-down kits
Phase IV - HAL produced aircraft from scratch from 2013 onwards

 DESIGNING PRINCIPAL:
Characteristics of Design :
 The Su-30MKI is a highly integrated twin-finned aircraft.

 The airframe is constructed of titanium and high-strength aluminium alloys.
 The engine intake ramps and nacelles are fitted with trouser fairings to provide a continuous streamlined
profile between the nacelles and the tail beams.
 The central beam section between the engine nacelles consists of the equipment compartment, fuel tank and
the brake parachute container.
 The fuselage head is of semi-monocoque construction and includes the cockpit, radar compartments and
the avionics bay.
 Su-30MKI aerodynamic configuration is a longitudinal triplane with relaxed stability.

 The canard increases the aircraft lift ability and deflects automatically to allow high angle of attack (AoA)
flights allowing it to perform Pugachev's Cobra.
 The aircraft has a fly-by-wire (FBW) with quadruple redundancy. The control stick position transmitter
may be coupled to remote control amplifiers
 The resultant control signals are coupled to the high-speed electro-hydraulic actuators of the elevators.
 Although the maximum angle of attack is limited by the canards, the FBW acts as an additional safety
mechanism.
Cockpit:
 The displays include a customised version of the head-up display (HUD) consisting of bi-
cubic phase conjugated holographic displays and seven multifunction liquid-crystal displays, six
127 mm × 127 mm and one 152 mm × 152 mm.
 Flight information is displayed on four LCD displays which include one for piloting and
navigation, a tactical situation indicator, and two for display systems information including
operating modes and overall status.
 The rear cockpit has a larger monochrome display for air-to-surface missile guidance.
 The Su-30MKI on-board health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) monitors almost every
aircraft system and sub-system, and can also act as an engineering data recorder.
Avionics:
 The aircraft is fitted with a satellite navigation system , which permits it to make flights in all
weather, day and night.
 The navigation complex includes the high accuracy SAGEM Sigma-95 integrated global
positioning system and ring laser gyroscope inertial navigation system
 Sukhoi Su-30MKI has electronic counter-measure systems. The RWR system is of Indian
design, developed by India's DRDO, called Tarang, (Wave in English).
 It has direction finding capability and is known to have a programmable threat library. The RWR
is derived from work done on an earlier system for India's MiG-23BNs known as the Tranquil,
which is now superseded by the more advanced Tarang series.
 The ELTA El/M-8222 Self Protection Pod is a power-managed jammer, air-cooled system with
an ESM receiver integrated into the pod. The pod contains an antenna on the forward and aft
ends, which receive the hostile RF signal and after processing deliver the appropriate response.
 OPERATIONS :
 The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is the most potent fighter jet in service with the Indian Air
Force in the late 2000s.
o This was the first large-scale bilateral aerial exercise with any foreign air force during which
the IAF used its Su-30MKIs extensively.
o RAF's Air Vice Marshal, Christopher Harper, praised the MKI's dogfight ability, calling it
"absolutely masterful in dogfights"
RADAR – India is planning to upgrade its Su-30MKI fighters with Russian Phazotron Zhuk-AE Active
electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. The X band radar can track 30 aerial targets in the track-
while-scan mode and engage six targets simultaneously in attack mode.
The AESA radar will be mounted on the radar cone of Su-30 MKI aircraft as well as carrier-based
MiG-29 K fighters of the Indian military, according to Seshagiri.
General characteristics
 Crew: 2
 Length: 21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)
 Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
 Height: 6.36 m (20 ft 10 in)
 Wing area: 62 m2 (670 sq ft)
 Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,565 lb)
 Gross weight: 26,090 kg (57,519 lb) (typical mission weight)[120]
 Max takeoff weight: 38,800 kg (85,539 lb)
 Powerplant: 2 × Lyulka AL-31FP afterburning turbofan engines, 123 kN (28,000 lbf)
with afterburner

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SU-30 MKI Birth purpose Indian army Range sensors

USE : Multirole fighter , Air Superiority fighter

MANUFACTURER & DESIGN GROUP : Hindustan Aeronautics ltd & Sukhoi

FIRST FLIGHT : Su-30МК: 1 July 1997; 25 years ago

i. The Su-30MKI was designed by Russia's Sukhoi Corporation beginning in 1995

i. In October 2000, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for Indian

i. The first Nasik-built Su-30MKIs were to be delivered by 2004, until 2017–18.

Phase II & III - Transitioning to semi knocked-down kits

Phase IV - HAL produced aircraft from scratch from 2013 onwards

 The Su-30MKI is a highly integrated twin-finned aircraft.

 Su-30MKI aerodynamic configuration is a longitudinal triplane with relaxed stability.

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