The Cabinet Committee on Security on Monday approved the proposal for the procurement of 240 aero-engines for Su-30 MKI aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The engines will be procured under Buy (Indian) category from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore, said an official statement.
According to the Defence Ministry, the delivery of these aero-engines will begin after one year and is expected to complete over a period of eight years.
The engines will have indigenous content of over 54 per cent, enhanced due to the indigenisation of some key components of aero-engines. These would be manufactured at Koraput division of HAL, the ministry said.
“Su-30 MKI is one of the most powerful and strategically-significant fleet of IAF. The supply of these aero-engines by HAL would meet the fleet sustenance requirement of IAF to continue their unhindered operations and strengthen the defence preparedness of the country,” the statement further said.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI, a variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter. Developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi, this fighter jet is a two-seater, twinjet multirole air superiority fighter.
The IAF has nearly 260 Su-30MKIs in inventory as of January 2020.
