Dated 2009. That deal fell through & HAL did the modification & integration by itself.
T. Suvarna Raju,CMD HAL, addressing the gathering at HAL-Nashik airport after the Maiden Flight of First Su-30 MKI with BrahMos Missile on June 25, 2016. (Image :HAL)
Indian Hindustan Aeronautics did not seek any help from the Russian Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)for mounting BrahMos missile on Su-30MKI, Hindustan Aeronautics chairman said Saturday.
“This unique program was taken up by HAL as an indigenous challenge at its Nashik Division and the required data was generated without the assistance of OEM for the modification. It is not the techno-economics of the project, but HAL’s commitment to self-reliance which made HAL to sign the contract with BrahMos Aerospace (BAPL) in 2014 for modification of two Su30 MKI aircraft for integration of BrahMos missile,” T. Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL said in a statement.
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/16...thout_Russian_Help__HAL_Chairman#.WYXAyhWGPIU
Also, this 2016 report about the first modified Su 30 MKI says.
The project, which was first conceived in 2012, saw defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) take more than two years to handover a modified Su-30MKI which could be integrated with the missile.
http://www.indiatimes.com/news/indi...nique-precision-strike-capability-272244.html
So the timeline is...
2009- India tries to approach Sukhoi for upgrading Su 30 MKI to carry Brahmosbut's the deal through
2012- India plans to upgrade the MKI indigenously.
2014- Su 30 MKI handed over to HAL nashik for modification.
2016- Modified aircraft rolled out.
That's what I have to say- denying fact's doesn't change reality. Pakistan is in no position to build operational satellites and all these are experimental microsats- with no Attitude & Orbit Control Systems, Propulsion or payloads except for some scientific/experimental ones.
For example, this is Badr 1- It weighs 52 kg & it's mission lasted for a few weeks.
For comparison, an operational remote sensing sat (DMC3,UK) - weighs 400 kg, has a life of 7 years and carries a optical payload with 1 m resolution.