The Sukhoi Su-30MKM, NATO reporting name Flanker-H, is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force and a variant of the Su-30 series with many improvements over the original Su-30MK export version. It was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and is based on the Indian Su-30MKI, with a common airframe, thrust vectoring engines and digital fly-by-wire system, differing mainly in its avionics. It can carry up to 8,000 kg of payload over a 1,296 km combat radius without refuelling. Malaysia selected it in 2003 and signed a contract with Irkut for 18 aircraft worth 900 million US dollars, with Hindustan Aeronautics making the canards, stabilizers and fins. The first two were handed over in May 2007 at Irkutsk and the eighteenth and last arrived in Malaysia in August 2009.
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The Su-30MKM was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and is based on the Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force.
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The first two aircraft were handed over to the RMAF in May 2007 at Irkut's aircraft manufacturing facility at Irkutsk, Russia.
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is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter
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is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)
Specifications, powerplant
2 × Lyulka AL-31FP afterburning turbofan engines
Development, first deliveries
The first two aircraft were handed over to the RMAF in May 2007 at Irkut's aircraft manufacturing facility at Irkutsk, Russia.
Specifications, maximum speed
Maximum speed: 2,120 km/h (1,320 mph, 1,140 kn) / M2.0 at high altitude
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,565 lb)
Specifications, maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 38,800 kg (85,539 lb)
Design and development, number built
The eighteenth and last aircraft arrived at RMAF Gong Kedak in August 2009.
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The Su-30MKM was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and is based on the Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force.
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The first two aircraft were handed over to the RMAF in May 2007 at Irkut's aircraft manufacturing facility at Irkutsk, Russia.
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The Su-30MKM was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and is based on the Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force.
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is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)
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is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)
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