Inception-06
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Sukhoi Su30MKI are over 200 in service with a dozen or so air frames added each year.
MiG29 UPG "Baaz" with significant improvements have been inducted with the numbers unclear. This UPG program is set to be completed in a few years.
Some improvements are
The new Zhuk M2E Radar (An improvement over the ME on the Navy's 29K)
-Deputy Director (Phazatron) Yuri Goskov
The new RD33 Series 3 Engine with enhanced durability
The Thales Topsight HMDS
And a fugly hunchback which increases the internal fuel capacity by 50%.
http://bharatrakshak.wikia.com/wiki/MiG-29
And IIRC, the MiG29 UPG will also be the first in the IAF's fighter fleet to have a unified EW system.
The first of the Strike Jaguars also just completed the trials and they bring a whole new level of tech into the IAF (Elta's EL/M2052 AESA FCR, AIM132 ASRAAM and CBU105 weapons)
I just needed a short summary of numbers, no details please, otherwise we are too much OFF-Topic, I hope you get it !