“We are very pleased with the program upgrading of the MiG-21, MiG-27 and MiG-29,” the Marshal said.
He noted that they had been upgraded to more modern weapons and avionics systems and said that in India they were used in recent exercises and "were very pleased with the results."
“Therefore, now we are considering the possibility of upgrading the Su-30, which we have been operating for about 20 years. Accordingly, their avionics and weapons systems also require modernization. We requested from the Russian side proposals for modernization in accordance with current needs, ”he added.
In February, it was reported that Russia was ready to offer India a program to modernize the SU-30MKI fighters.