India’s Ministry of Defence has awarded state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with a contract for license manufacture of 12 additional Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft along with associated equipment. The contract is valued at INR 135 billion (approximately US$1.64 billion). As per an MoD spokesperson, the aircraft manufactured at the Nasik division of HAL will have an indigenous content of 62.6%. With the new order, HAL has received production orders for manufacture of a total of 234 SU-30 MKIs worth nearly US$12 billion.
The Indian Navy recently commissioned its newest multi-role stealth guided missile frigate, INS TUSHIL (F 70) into service at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. The ship’s name, TUSHIL, means ‘the protector shield’. On her arrival in India, INS TUSHIL will join the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.
The warship’s keel was laid on July 12, 2013, and was launched in water in October 2021. Sea trials commenced on January 25, 2024, and Delivery Acceptance Trials, both in harbour and at sea, were concluded by September this year.
An upgraded KRIVAK III class frigate of the Project 1135.6 class, INS TUSHIL is the first of two upgraded follow-on ships contracted for by India in October 2016. These 125 m, 3,900 t warship was designed in collaboration with Indian naval specialists and Russia’s Severnoye Design Bureau.
Unlike her predecessors, INS TUSHIL features 33 Indian supplied systems, including the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and features an indigenous content of 26%. The warship is also fitted with the vertically launched SHTIL SAM system, upgraded medium-range anti-air and surface guns, optically controlled close-range rapid fire gun systems, anti-submarine torpedoes and rockets and advanced electronic warfare and communication suite. It will also be able to embark the navy’s upgraded Kamov KA-28 and Kamov KA-31helicopters.
The Indian Navy already has 6 KRIVAK III class frigates in service – 3 TALWAR class ships, built at Baltiysky shipyard, St. Petersburg, and three follow-on TEG class ships, built at Yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad. INS TUSHIL will be followed by a second ship, INS TAMALA, in 2025, and a further batch of 2 frigates will be built in India at Goa Shipyard.
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