VERSIONS – T10PU-5, Su-30, K, KN, MK, MKI, MKA, MKK, MK2V, MKV, M2, MKM, SM, SME
Multi-role Su-30 upgrade, details as Su-30 unless otherwise indicated
Revised avionics with
A-737 SATNAV system
N001 radar with additional
ground mapping capability
MFI-55 LCD display added in both cockpits
Expanded weapons capability
Single prototype
converted from undelivered Su-30
in 1998/99
Su-30KN
prototype
Vectored-thrust, multi-role fighter for Malaysia based on
Su-27MKI, details as Su-27MKI unless otherwise indicated
N011ME Bars radar
Provision for French NAV/FLIR and
Damocles laser designator pods
MAWS laser/ultraviolet
dorsal sensor turret
Sextant Avionique
VEH3000 HUD
MAWS sensor
on intakes
Forward
MAWS laser/
ultraviolet
sensor turret
4 x IFF 'bird-slicer' antennas on upper radome
Additional
leading edge
antennas
Avionics – similar to Su-30MKI: mixture of Russian/
Western/Malaysian/South African systems with
Russian radar processor, French IFF systems and
South African Avitronics MAWS (Missile Attack
Warning System)
Su-30MKM
(Flanker H)
Su-30 export version for Indian Air Force
Raked
fin tips
N001 radar
Weapons control systems in rear cockpit
OLS-27K IRST offset to starboard
Revised IFF system
18 x Su-30K airframes produced for Indian Air Force between 1997-99, all returned to Russia, replaced by new build Su-30MKI version in 2005
Su-30K production
(Flanker C)
Multi-role fighter for China and Indonesia (MKK), Vietnam (MK2V),
Venezuela (MKV), Russia (M2) details as Su-30 unless otherwise indicated
RLPK-27VE
(N001VE) radar
Revised 'glass' cockpits
Expanded weapons capability
Avionics: 4 x BTsVM-486 computers, SUO-30PK FCS, SDU-10U
Srs.4 FBW system, PNK-10PU-02 flight/nav suite, A-737
SATNAV, R-800L1/R-800L2 VHF R-864LZH HF radios, L150
ELINT pack, L203IE orL0055 Sorbtsiya jammers
Su-27M wings, stabilators, fins,
intakes and landing gear
ILS-31
HUD
Square-
tipped fins
Su-27 rear
fuselage
2 x Lyul'ka AL-31F
turbofans
Su-30MKK,
MK2V, MKV,
M2 (Flanker G)
Details as T10PU-5 (Su-30) unless otherwise indicated
9 x LRIP airframes produced
Raked
fin tips
Su-30 production
(Flanker C)
Vectored-thrust, multi-role fighter/airborne command post for
Indian Air Force, initial production by HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited), Nasik, India from knocked down kits, leading to full
production, details as Su-30 unless otherwise indicated
Broad chord
rudder
N011ME Bars radar
Reinforced main gear
Avionics – mixture of Russian/Western/Indian/Israeli:
Sextant Avionique Totem INS/GPS suite, ring laser
gyro AHRS, INCOM 1210A comms suite, RAM-1701
radar altimeter, MC-486 mission computer, MIL-
STD-1553B databus, DP-30MK display processor, RC1/
RC2 radar processor, Elta EL/M-8222 active jammer,
Tarang Mk2 RWR, IFF-1410A IFF, Topsight-I HCMS
Revised LERXs (Leading Edge Root eXtensions)
Additional automatically controlled canards
Axisymetrical
thrust-vectoring
nozzles
Reinforced nose
gear with twin
wheels
Sextant Avionique
VEH3000 HUD
OLS-301 IRST/LR offset
to starboard
'Glass' cockpits with 3 x MFD55 LCD displays
in each cockpit, plus 1 x MFD66 LCD in rear
Rafael Litening
LRMTS pod compatible
Zvezda K-36D-3.5 zero-zero ejector seats
2 x Lyul'ka AL-31FP turbofans
with afterburners
Su-30MKA (Algeria)
similar to Su-30MKI but
Russian built with Israeli
avionics swopped out
Su-30MKI,
MKA (Algeria)
(Flanker H)
Food stowage and urinals added in cockpits
OLS-27K IRST offset
to starboard
Retractable IFR probe on port side
Avionics: new
nav suite with
A-723 Kvitok
LORAN system
Increased oxygen supply
SRO-2 'Odd
Rods' IFF
antennas
Weapons control systems added to rear cockpit
Two-seat interceptor/airborne command post,
details as Su-27UB unless otherwise indicated
Square
tipped
fins
T10PU-5 (Su-30)
first prototype
Tactical strike prototype, details as Su-30 unless otherwise indicated
Revised pulse-Doppler radar
Identical flight/weapon controls in both cockpits
Expanded weapons capability
Single prototype
converted from Su-30 in 1993
Revised WCS
Su-30MK
prototype
Multi-role fighter for Russian Air Force and Navy,
details as Su-30MKI unless otherwise indicated
N011M Bars-R radar
MFI-66 LCD displays in cockpits
Expanded weapons capability
IKSh-1Kl-1 HUD
Provision for SAP-518SM
ECM active jamming pods
on wingtips
Avionics: Similar to Su-30MKI with non-Russian equipment later replaced by Russian systems
including – BINS-SP-2 INS, VIM-95/VND-94 TACAN receivers, Russian IFF, L-150 Pastel RWR suite,
NSTs-T-03 HMCS with upgrades to new L420 Khibiney-U defensive suite and S-107-2 comms suite
Su-30SME: export version
with Russian avionics suite
Su-30SM, SME
(Flanker H)
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