Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has an order to manufacture 12 Su-30MKI jets and 61 AL-31FP engines at its Nashik and Koraput plants respectively.
Indian Minister of State, Defence, Shripad Naik said in a written reply in Parliament yesterday that HAL had prepared a proposal to enhance the Repair and Overhaul (ROH) facility for the AL-31FP engines used in the SU-30MKI fighter.
The public sector defence company is also planning to establish ROH facilities for RD-33 MK engines of MiG-29K/KUB fighter aircraft.
He said that the task of integrating BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on IAF Su-30 MKI "will also be a gainful utilisation of HAL's skilled manpower."
HAL has said earlier that its current order of 272 aircraft would get over with the completion of the remaining order for Su-30MKI jets. An additional order for 18 Su-30MKI aircraft is also in the pipeline.
Additionally, the company has concrete orders to build 24 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, 12 Dornier DO-228, 56 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), 8 Chetak helicopters, 3 Cheetal helicopters and 19 Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines that powers MiG-29 fighters.
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