Russian give realistic figures. and the engine price is cheaper than western.

http://survincity.com/2013/10/10-000-hours-without-maintenance-ps-90a-set-a-2/
10,000 hours without maintenance: PS-90A set a record for domestic aviation

It is very costly and waste of time to keep old engine running up to airframe life.

http://www.geaviation.com/press/military/military_20120808.html
This follows earlier RSAF orders for 156 engines to power 71 re-engined F-15S aircraft.

with every order 10% extra engines are already included.

http://www.geaviation.com/press/military/military_20090615.html
To date, more than 900 F414 engines have been delivered, supporting more than 395 aircraft in the fleet.

In May 2009, the first F414 engines for the Royal Australian Air Force were shipped for installation on the F/A-18F Super Hornets as part of a deal signed in 2007 calling for 54 F414-GE-400 engines. Engine deliveries are scheduled to continue through 2010 for the RAAF, the inaugural international Super Hornet customer.

Actually French aircrafts have very poor record in IAF. 11 out of 60 has crashed. and quarter of them grounded since 2010. so if they grounded so they not flying so those 25% are considered inactive.
and the rest will be in slow upgrade process.

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2014-09-19/indian-air-force-mirage-2000-upgrade-progresses-despite-groundings
Bureaucratic holdups have caused delays. As a result, parts are being cannibalized and there are some aircraft [inactive] since 2010

only 36 Rafale is negotiate in piece meal buying approach that may take 5 to 10 years to operationalize by that India will know whether those 36 Rafale good enough considering the operational cost. by that 300 MKI mark will be passed.

Rafale does not employ India labor force to build. and India hasn’t purchased any weopons for rafale or fighter itself.
it will be 2025 before they can efficiently utilize Rafale if they signed the deal. and what happened to that A330MRT and A330 AWACS deal that Modi was supposed to sign. Seem this 36 fighter deal if its real is derailing other things.

Not in the software industry no. But putting anecdotal evidence aside for the moment, a cursory google search tells me that the revenues from the Indian IT industry grew from about $8 billion in 2000 to about $120 billion expected in 2015. Ten seconds on the calculator tells me that’s a growth rate of roughly 20% yoy. That would be quite err.. miraculous, if India’s cost advantages were as illusory as suggested in invictus_slo’s post.

you have to look at input cost of so called software development. $120b is nothing when your best workforce is consumed in that and land prices and wages sky rocket that basically nothing else can built at reasonable price even against production in expensive countries like France and Russia. software is not even real economy.

J-10?

Have to remember that Iran and Russia don’t have a comfortable history. Not to say they won’t buy Russian hardware as appropriate, but they’ll want to hedge their bets.

Russia and Iran has very good recent history. starting with Northern Alliance in Afghanistan to Syria.
Russia is first to break the embargo.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-rolls-out-oil-goods-deal-iran-1496134

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/03/19/Arab-paralyzes-oils-Iran-s-regional-domination.html
Just a few years ago, Iran threatened to close its airspace to any airline using the term ‘Arabian Gulf’ and to close the Straits of Hormuz if it were attacked. If those threats were carried through and also implemented by an Iranian-controlled Syria, Iraq, Yemen, GCC nationals and residents would be held hostage, unable to fly

infact Ruaf has much longer legs & more effective than Chinese air force with long range air defence system implemented in Crimea. They can practically close the northern flight route for Arabian airlines.

That was his point actually. If MiG-35 even closes Su-35’s price tag, why would anyone buy MiG-35? I understand your love towards MiG-29/35, but there is really nothing MiG-35 offers above Su-35. It needs to be way cheaper than Su-35 to stay attractive in export market.

Its the fuel cost that MIG-35 is cheaper to run. RD-33MK is same 4000hr life engine. I highly doubt AESA equipped MIG-35 will be that much different than Su-35. Su-35 by itself is not that expensive fighter relative Rafale/EF.
The point I am making is since RD-33 engines will be in production for decades to come like upgrading those MIG-29K/JF-17 in later years. there is no point in stopping MIG-35 production.

They’re stopgap measure for arresting a diving squadron strength. Excellent for air superiority, available at short notice while having a fair few years remaining. The logic is the same as that driving the IAF’s upgrades for its (far older) MiG-29s & Mirage 2000s. The platform is however a lot more capable.

how if platform far capable as it can only do air to air. and no pilots or maintaince infrastructure in place. It is far easier to induct MIG-29 and used M2K than EF. EF is also more prone to embargoes.

Pardon my doubts.
But the Mig-35S will not become a High value assets like the Su-35S. It will be a cheaper alternative to fill the shrinking fleet of VVS.

from where you get that MIG-35S is cheaper than Su-35S?

And if the Russian AF and its MoD did not find it necessary to develop and field the NIIP AESA radar for Su-35S, something tells me we will not see any AESA, at least not any GaN AESA on the Mig-35S.
The Su-35S is expensive as it is, and funding is allways a question.

Su-35 was never designed with AESA. MIG-35 was showing AESA before even Su-35 flew.

Way too early to speculate what will become of MIG RAC past 2020. I feel they should pick their niche products like UAV for the future, not embark on some costly new fighter project.

Btw, who is doing the upgrade on the Mig-31’s?

They should keep upgrading MIG-35 until EF/Rafale/Gripen are production.