India is speeding up efforts to modernise its air combat fleet as tensions with Pakistan and China remain high. The Indian Air Force (IAF) currently has only 31–32 operational fighter squadrons, far ...

India’s advanced negotiations with Russia over the acquisition and integration of the R-37M very-long-range air-to-air ...

MOSCOW — On Nov. 22 the Russian air force received its first two Su-30SM fighters, domestic variants of the export best seller Su-30MKI. Thirty aircraft were ordered in March 2012. Deliveries to the ...

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on 12 December to produce 12 Sukhoi Su-30MKIs, over a year after the country's Defence Acquisition ...

The Indian government has cleared the acquisition of 240 AL-31F engines to power the country’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI fleet. The deal is valued at Rs260 billion ($3.1 billion), with the engines to be ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test fired the BrahMos-A (Air) supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter on 22 May against a land target off the country’s east coast ...