Bengaluru (Karnataka): Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday said that it has proposed to the Defence Ministry to procure a new squadron of Sukhoi-30 fighter jets.
“We have put up a proposal and we hope to get a new squadron of Sukhois (Sukhoi-30 fighter jets) in the future,” HAL Chairman and Managing Director (MD) R Madhavan told media at Aero India show here.
This came following media reports that the central government is planning to increase the overhauling capacity of Sukhoi-30 fighter jets to 25 per year from the existing 12 aircraft.
