According to the company's CEO Alexander Veprev, the aircraft are fully equipped
MOSCOW, January 20. /tass/. Four upgraded super-maneuverable multifunctional two-seat Su-30SM2 fighter jets were first manufactured by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant in 2021 in the interests of naval aviation of the Russian Navy. This was reported to the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu by the General Director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of PJSC Irkut Corporation - Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation Alexander Veprev.
"In 2021, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant for the first time produced four modernized super-maneuverable multifunctional two-seat Su-30SM2 fighter jets in the interests of naval aviation," Veprev said during the single day of acceptance of military products, which was held on January 20 at the National Defense Control Center of Russia.
According to him, the aircraft are fully equipped, have withstood all types of tests and have been accepted by the military mission.
The head of the aircraft factory clarified that as part of the modernization of the Su-30SM2 aircraft, imported equipment was replaced with domestic analogues. The fighter received improved tactical and technical characteristics of an optoelectronic sighting and navigation system, a complex of electronic countermeasures, a radar control system to ensure an increase in the detection range of air targets. In addition, the nomenclature of the air-to-air, air-to-surface guided aircraft weapons used for air, ground, including radar and sea targets has been expanded with an increase in the range of their use.
"The rearmament of a separate naval assault aviation regiment of naval aviation from Su-24M aircraft to Su-30SM2 aircraft will increase its combat potential by 1.5 times," Veprev stressed.
