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Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG Has Plans to Further Upgrade MiG-31 & Develop Replacement.
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World Defense & Security News - Russia
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Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG Has Plans to Further Upgrade MiG-31 & Develop Replacement
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Russia’s Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fighter jet has upgrade potential, CEO of the Tikhomirov Instrument-Making Research Institute (NIIP) Yuri Bely told TASS.
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 Artist impression of a MiG-31 replacement aircraft |
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The Tikhomirov Instrument-Making Research Institute is a subsidiary of Russia’s Almaz-Antey Corporation.
"The plane has upgrade potential. Some of its capabilities can still be improved. As far as the future of interceptors is concerned, the MiG Aircraft-Manufacturing Corporation and our research institute have plans to develop a new product. However, no decision has been made yet to begin the work," Bely said. |
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 A RuAF MiG-31BM fighter jet taking off(Credit: Alex Beltyukov - RuSpotters Team) |
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However, the MiG-31 fighter jet’s armament control system has no upgrade potential after the development of the Zaslon-AM radar for the MiG-31BM plane, Bely added.
"Operational MiG-31 fighter jets are being upgraded to the MiG-31BM level," he said. |
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