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...from raw materials....seriously???. Just like Patanjali products made by Ramdev, using organic materials including lot of Cow produce and waste too...being modest here.
1. Haha.. The SU-30MKI is fully manufacture from raw material now? Then how come India is still targeting specific components for localization?
Presently. HAL is manufacturing the aircraft from the raw material phase and till date has produced 150 aircraft. HAL has manufactured approximately 43,000 components in airframe and 6,300 components for engines. Twenty six special technologies have also been absorbed and mastered. With this, 70 per cent components are now made in India by HAL with 100 per cent technology absorption as per the contract in airframe and engine.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...-working-on-defence-needs-114060800498_1.html
3. If the SU-30MKI was locally produced from "raw materials" in India, why can't India upgrade them? Did they shut down their military complex after production?
Because the upgrade involves several Russian subsystems such as N036 Byelka AESA for replacing the present BARS radar or AL 41F-1S replacing the present AL 31 FP. These will also be produced in India along with Indian developed components such as the EW suite, mission computer, radar computer etc.
We have already structurally upgraded the Su 30 MKI for carrying Brahmos, if you hadn't forgotten.
2. How come India has to sign another agreement for spare parts delivery and after sales service from Russia if they were manufacturing the SU-30 in India?
There are contractual obligations about sourcing the spares directly from the OEMs, as a part of the Su 30 MKI deal.
Just searched the net, AL 31 FP turbofan is all Russian...
I was misled into believing Su 30 MKI, AL 31 FP turbofan manufactured locally in India, which proved a falsehood and not true after some research...chances of naming any product which is made elsewhere as 'made in India' is clear and present there in India...can't help it.
Really ? So it is not made in India ? prove it !!!
official HAL press release...
The Division presently has state of the art facilities for manufacturing 4th generation aero engines, which include, Robotized TIG Welding (Manned Chamber Welding), Electron Beam Welding, Detonation Coating, Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), Isothermal Forming, Cold Rolling of Blades, Ion Nitriding, Alphatization and a battery of CNC machining centers. The Division has also mastered critical technologies for manufacturing Single Crystal Blades and Directionally Solidified Blade castings.
http://hal-india.com/Air Chief Calls/ND__85
ahem...
assembly line at HAL Koraput.
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