here is where I saw it – article by B.Harry for acig.

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_228.shtml

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A beautiful model of the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut with the Al-31FP thrust vectoring engine for the Su-30MKI, in the background. The engine will be built under license at HAL’s Engine Division, Koraput, who will also manufacture the single crystal turbine blades for the same.
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the AL31 though still not bleeding edge by western stds in
mtbf etc. seems to be far better than older kit like RD-33 and
R25 etc.

to me it looks like a PAF colour scheme! I dont think its used now though…iaf has settled on a full grey for all a/c. gone is the jungle camo and desert sand.

this should help Brahmos shooters. from moscowtimes.com

Koptev: Satellite Deal Will Be Signed Soon With India

By Simon Saradzhyan
Staff Writer Moscow and New Delhi will sign an agreement this year for India to help Russia develop its Glonass satellite navigation system, which needs more satellites to have a global reach, Russian Aviation and Space Agency chief Yury Koptev said Thursday.

“Over the next two to three months we will arrive at a very serious agreement with India,” Koptev told reporters.

He did not elaborate on the details of the planned agreement. The Russian space agency and the Indian Space Research Organization signed a memorandum of understanding in November for India to assist in designing and producing the satellites.

A new modification of the Glonass satellite, dubbed the Glonass-K, is currently being worked on at the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Mechanics in the city of Zheleznogorsk in the Krasnoyarsk region.

The Glonass-K is to have an orbit lifespan of 10 years, compared to five to seven years for most modern Glonass satellites in orbit, the Glonass-M.

Russian and Indian officials have refused to disclose whether India will sink funds into the multibillion-dollar navigation system, which the Soviet Union started putting into place in 1982.

The system, which is designed to provide coordinates for navigation and targeting, currently has eight functioning satellites, according to the web site of the Defense Ministry’s Coordination Scientific Information Center.

Koptev said India would help boost the number of satellites in orbit to 18 and give Russia a hand in starting the mass production of ground terminals and hand-held receivers by 2008.

Eighteen satellites are the minimum needed to beam Glonass signals to most of the world, whereas a total of 24 would enable the system to provide global coverage, a space agency official said by telephone Thursday.

The official, who asked not to be identified, said the expected deal with India will become part of a framework space cooperation agreement.

the cochin shipyard seems quite sprightly, they went from keel
laying to handover of a 237m x 38m long oil tanker (93000 full
displacement) in a span of 2 years.

http://www.cochinshipyard.com/mpram.htm

I am quite happy they were given the ADS job.

iran is not capable of building a clone of PAC3 even if some were
provided, sounds like the usual pro-pak state dept excuses…

let us see if Bush gets re-elected and hopefully Powell gets
thrown out on his ear…

per the SIPRI arms transfer records iirc india had ordered 750 R77s in the first lot for Su30, Bisons and possibly the Mig29S part of its fleet. no idea if any further lots were ordered.

indias AA10 inventory is indeed huge.