They Can Save Russian MiG-29 Fighter

They designed the MiG-29 light fighter in 1970 as an affordable Soviet option along with the top-rated Su-27. The production cycle with the economic performance of the MiG-29 allowed us to manufacture it as a popular export product. He has become one of the most bought fighters, where he has used all over the world, from India to Peru. So that Purchased 21 MiG-29 from Moldova as part of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (CTR).

But whatever its previous glory, the MiG-29 will give its time with the old radar technology and low fuel capacity. As a result, the Russian Air Force is tracking several simultaneous projects to update the previous MiG-29 while maintaining its potential to stop the fighting.

These include more than a dozen variants that, like the MiG-29SE and the MiG-29K, focus on improving specific functions ranging from improved radars to rocket additions. The MiG-35 is being developed as a more complete design of the MiG-29 with an advanced E.C.M system (electronic countermeasures) and greater fuel capacity. While the MiG-35 can eliminate the MiG-29 in the long term, recent news suggests that some repeated uses of the MiG-29 will remain here.

“We are working on the development an engine for light aircraft,” said Alexander Fit ton, executive director of Klimt, a Russian manufacturer of aircraft engines, which made following statement to the official television channel of the Russian army: “When we talk about production of a fifth-generation fighter, it will be a great fighter. But we do not abandon the belief that the RD-33 engine still has the potential and can a basis to add a more modern engine to the ranks of the fifth generation engines with a load of up to 11 tons.

The Klimt RD-33 engine was an essential part of the reasons the MiG-29 was very effective in mass production but seen as a technical bottleneck amid efforts to modernize the old airplane. This “fifth generation” engine seems to be more than the RD-33MK, developed by the MiG-35 in 2001. Vatican did not refer to the Saturn AL-41, a developed version of the strategic fighter Al-31.

So, what is the “fifth generation” engine produced for certain MiG-29 and 35 models? The specifications not presented at the time of writing, but the frequent use of Virginia for the term “fifth generation” is a descriptor compatible with the focus on improving some of the most obvious deficiencies in RD-33: greater efficiency of fuel, longer life, and maneuver improvements.

Following recent reports that Russia could develop supersonic rockets for the Su-57 and other aircraft, a more powerful engine could allow the changed variants of the MiG-29 and 35 to carry a more diverse range of weapons.

It is also likely that the development of the engine is linked to the announcement of the Kremlin in 2017 of a new “fifth generation” fighter by 2025. According to Deputy Prime Minister Dimitri Saragossa, “I hope this is done under this defense plan, Flying in 2025 “.

It seems very likely that the new fifth-generation engine, developed on the basis of the RD-33, will be tested on the existing MiG-29 and MiG-35 models for mass production along with the recently announced Agonizing aircraft.