The Russian Air Force has taken delivery of the final batch of modernised Su-24M2 frontline bombers from Sukhoi.
The Su-24M2 bombers have been retrofitted with new equipment and systems at the VP Chkalov Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPO), to enhance their capabilities and improve their combat efficiency.
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NAPO has upgraded the Su-24M2 aircraft with improved avionics, including GPS and the Russian equivalent GLONASS, and a head-up display (HUD) and visor, under a three-year contract, as part of a national defence order for 2009.
The Su-24M2, an all-weather version for day and night use, has also been fitted with additional sophisticated weapons.
An upgraded version of Su-24’s other variants such as Su-24M and Su-24MK fighter bombers, the Su-24M2s have been sent to their respective air force bases.
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The two-seater, twin-engine Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft, built by the former Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, carried the USSR’s first integrated digital navigation / attack system.
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