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The MiG-29M/M2 fighters were developed in the mid-1980s as an upgraded variant of the original MiG-29 to serve as a multirole fighter for the Soviet western front line. Key upgrades included an improved fuselage and wings, fly-by-wire controls, reduced radar signature, increased fuel and weapons capacity. More recently, the MiG-29M/M2 have incorporated thrust vectoring engines to improve maneuverability and pilot safety. The MiG-35 is an export variant that combines the systems of the MiG-29M2 with an active electronically scanned array radar.

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Mig 29

The MiG-29M/M2 fighters were developed in the mid-1980s as an upgraded variant of the original MiG-29 to serve as a multirole fighter for the Soviet western front line. Key upgrades included an improved fuselage and wings, fly-by-wire controls, reduced radar signature, increased fuel and weapons capacity. More recently, the MiG-29M/M2 have incorporated thrust vectoring engines to improve maneuverability and pilot safety. The MiG-35 is an export variant that combines the systems of the MiG-29M2 with an active electronically scanned array radar.

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MIG-29M FOR 21. CENTURY?

In the mid-1980s, a development of the original MiG-29 was


proposed to meet the Soviet western front line requirement. It
was required to be a multirole fighter for the front line
defensive air force to gain offensive strike ability.
The model was named MiG-33 and later received the MiG29ME designation for export market in the mid-1990s. A twin
seat model of the standard, commonly known as the MiG29MRCA, was the MAPO-MiGs primary contender for many
international fighter aircraft bids, later evolved into the Mikoyan
MiG-35.
Main technical and technological innovations applied on the MiG29M/M2 fighters are as follows:
improved fuselage & wing;
fly-by-wire control system with quadruple redundancy;
significantly reduced radar signature;
increased internal fuel capacity and in-flight refueling possibility;
increased weapons load stored at nine external hard points.
The MiG-29M/M2 fighters belong to the new unified combat aircraft
family designed on the basis of MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters.
MiG-29OVT program is a thrust vectoring technology demonstrator,
which will be used in new family of MiG fighters. In particular, future
series of MiG-29M and MiG-29M2 will be equipped by engines with
similar thrust vectoring system. Three-dimensional thrust vectoring will
make MiG-29M/M2 control more precise and confident, practically

independent from the angle of attack, both while performing super


maneuverability elements and traditional piloting, notes MiG Corp.
Mikoyan Design Bureau Engineering Center director Bladimir Barkovsky.
It will give MiG-29M/M2 serious advantage in dogfight, increasing the
piloting safety at critical modes, which will reduce the load on the pilot
and allow him to concentrate on combat tasks. New possibilities increase
the aircraft combat effectiveness and competitiveness.
MiG-35 is a new export variant that combines the modern systems of
the MiG-29M2 with an AESA radar.
MiG-35 will be the first Russian aircraft to be fitted with active
electronically scanned array radar. The Zhuk-MAs antenna consists of
160 modules, each with four receive-and-transmit modules. It is believed
to offer a 160km (85nm) air target detection radius and 300km for
surface ships.

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