The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the procurement of 240 aero-engines (AL-31FP) for Su-30MKI aircraft of Indian Air Force from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It will cost more than Rs 26,000 crore. The Defense Ministry said that these engines will be procured from HAL under the “Buy (Indian)” category.It will be procured from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under the Buy (Indian) category.
It will be procured under Buy (Indian) category from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The ‘Buy (Indian)’ category involves procuring products from Indian vendors that either:
- Are indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured with at least 50% Indigenous Content (IC) of the total contract value.
- Have at least 60% IC of the total contract value, even if not indigenously designed or developed.
- The engines will have indigenous content over 54%.
- The IAF currently operates 259 Su-30 MKI fighters.
- Su-30MKI is a multirole combat fighter aircraft jointly developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau (Russian aerospace company) and HAL for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
- CCS is headed by the Prime Minister. Other members include ministers for Finance, Defence, Home Affairs and External Affairs.
- Major decisions on significant appointments, national security issues, and defence expenditure in India are made by CCS.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is an Indian public sector undertaking that manufactures aeroplanes. It is headquartered in Bangalore.
- Started in December 1940 in Bangalore by the former Mysore princely state and a visionary entrepreneur, Shri Seth Walchand Hirachand.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
- The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a two-seater, twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) of India for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
- A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter aircraft.