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![India to Buy 18 More Su-30MKI Fighter Jets From Russia India to Buy 18 More Su-30MKI Fighter Jets From Russia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-09_21-52-27.jpg)
India to Buy 18 More Su-30MKI Fighter Jets From Russia
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Russian government is reportedly processing a request from the Indian Air Force for 18 more Su-30MKIs.
![India’s Air Force Mulls Arming Su-30MKI Fleet With I-Derby Extended Range Missiles India’s Air Force Mulls Arming Su-30MKI Fleet With I-Derby Extended Range Missiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-09_21-52-27.jpg)
India’s Air Force Mulls Arming Su-30MKI Fleet With I-Derby Extended Range Missiles
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fleet could be armed with the beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile by 2022.
![India’s Light Combat Helicopter Completes Weapons Trials India’s Light Combat Helicopter Completes Weapons Trials](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-429_para_lch-aar-2.jpg)
India’s Light Combat Helicopter Completes Weapons Trials
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s new light helicopter gunship test fired an air-to-air missile this month, marking the completion of all weapon integration tests.
![HAL Chief: Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Will Be ‘Backbone’ of Indian Air Force’s ‘Combat Power’ HAL Chief: Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Will Be ‘Backbone’ of Indian Air Force’s ‘Combat Power’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-406_para_cmd-lca-7.jpg)
HAL Chief: Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Will Be ‘Backbone’ of Indian Air Force’s ‘Combat Power’
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The head of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited flew in the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft earlier this week.
![Will India’s Air Force Get 40 More Su-30MKI Fighter Jets? Will India’s Air Force Get 40 More Su-30MKI Fighter Jets?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-09_21-52-27.jpg)
Will India’s Air Force Get 40 More Su-30MKI Fighter Jets?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited offered to build 40 additional Su-30MKI fighters.
![India Set to Deploy Armed Helicopters Along Eastern Border to Counter China India Set to Deploy Armed Helicopters Along Eastern Border to Counter China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-62_260_19.jpg)
India Set to Deploy Armed Helicopters Along Eastern Border to Counter China
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India is expected to dispatch a squadron of helicopters to the border to strengthen its military presence there.
![Has India Finally Addressed Its Su-30MKI Woes? Has India Finally Addressed Its Su-30MKI Woes?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-23_18-26-34.jpg)
Has India Finally Addressed Its Su-30MKI Woes?
By Chris Biggers
New satellite imagery shows India's advanced multirole fighters deployed to the country's southeast flank.
![India's MMRCA Is Officially Dead. Now What? India's MMRCA Is Officially Dead. Now What?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sizes/thumbnail/5394_5243a63689e2c.jpg)
India's MMRCA Is Officially Dead. Now What?
By Ankit Panda
The Indian government is going the domestic route to fulfill its MMRCA requirement. Will this work?
![Lessons for India: How the 'Mother of All Defense Deals' Crashed and Burned Lessons for India: How the 'Mother of All Defense Deals' Crashed and Burned](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-13_21-12-53.jpg)
Lessons for India: How the 'Mother of All Defense Deals' Crashed and Burned
By Rohan Joshi
...and what India needs to do to avoid flubs of the sort in the future.
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