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IAF to upgrade MIG-29 to MIG-29SMT
REPORT:M.B. KUSUMA RANI
PHOTOS: RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
EDITOR: R.RAJANNA

Indian Air Force is planning to upgrade all its MiG-29 to MiG-29SMT before 2014 as the characteristics of MiG-29SMT is superior and has up to date technology and is capable of challenging any aircraft in the world in its class.

The MiG-29SMT is the up-to-date modification of MiG-29 multi role frontline fighter, when compared to the basic MiG-29.The aircraft exhibits a long flight range due to extra capacity of integral fuel tanks and installation of in-flight refueling system (similar to that of the MiG-29SD). The aircraft and engine service life and time limits and design service life have been feasibly increased; the labor requirements and maintenance costs have been reduced.

The MiG-29SMT fighter displays a number of essentially new capabilities to effectively destroy both air and ground (sea surface) targets with the use of high-precision "air-to-air" and "air-to-surface" missiles, thus combining the roles of air superiority fighter and strike fighter.

In operation against ground and sea surface targets, the MiG-29SMT is able to effectively use contemporary high-precision weapons: the Kh-29T(TE) air-to-surface missiles with a TV seeker, the Kh-31A anti ship missiles, the Kh-31P antiradar missiles, the KAB-500KR guided bombs with a TV seeker and powerful warhead.

At the buyer's request, radar-absorbent coatings can be applied, Western and national equipment can be installed and number of store stations can be increased. The process of in-service aircraft upgrading up to the MiG-29SMT level has been developed. Works on the aircraft further upgrading are under way.

In case of MiG-29 complete upgrading to MiG-29SMT level the customer receives a generation "4+" level aircraft, close in characteristics and by set of equipment to the newest MiG-29M. It is equal, even superior in some positions, to foreign competitors, able to keep, prior to proper exploitation and maintenance, its combat effectiveness for the next 20 years. And MiG Corp. can make all upgrades on the territory of customer and on its manufacturing facilities.

An avionics/cockpit mock-up that was a rebuilt Fulcrum A (925) displayed in August 1997 at Moscow Air Show. The first flight of the MiG-29 SMT took place on 22 April 1998 from the Zhukovski military airfield. It was the first of three or four trials aircraft preceded by the first flight of the SMT prototype on 29 November 1997.

The MiG-29SMT aircraft was in serial production since 2004 and was supplied to customers. The RAC "MiG" upgraded the aircraft previously supplied to a number of Customers into the MiG-29SMT type. By late 2003 the company had booked 20 firm orders for MiG-29SMT. This aircraft is already known in the Arab world, since Yemen became its launch customer.

The MiG-29SMT aircraft features:
• Longer range and flight endurance;
• High combat effectiveness;
• Superb agility;
• High reliability and flight safety;
• Easy operation and reduced DOC, up-to-date logistic support;
• Advanced architecture of cockpit avionics and information control system, HOTAS;
• Integrated fire-control system consisting of upgraded radar fire-control system built around the ZHUK-ME advanced radar boasting longer operating ranges, multi channel firing and up-to-date air-to-surface modes, and of IR search and track system and helmet-mounted sight;
• Up-to-date navigation, radio communication, electronic countermeasures, monitoring and recording systems as well as optronic and reconnaissance pods;
• Modified weapon system including the RVV-AE, R-27ER1, R-27ET1, R-27R1, R-27T1, R-73E air-to-air missiles, the Kh-31A, Kh-31P, Kh-29T (TE), Kh-29L air-to-surface missiles, the KAB-500KR (OD), KAB-500L guided bombs, rockets, free-fall bombs and the GSh-301 built-in gun.
Options
• - the MiG-29 aircraft basic version can be upgraded to the MiG-29SMT level;
• - the upgraded aircraft can be equipped with avionics and armed with weapons of non-Russian origin.
Copyright:METROFAX NEWS INTERNATIONAL-2010

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[sikkimsnowlover]

I miss my boyfriend, a Mig 29 pilot in IAF...love u lots!

[MrBombchinanow]

India must have to fast develop all new 5th generation tech. fighter planes to put a full stop to greedy CHINA and it's cooly pakis..............

China's tech. is a zero, compared to indian tech.

And this stupid pakis are sucking the 2inch chinks cocks to supply them with 2nd generation flying machines........... LOL..................

The chinks and pakis will do anything to steal foriegn tech. and then claim it as their own.. ha ha ha ha ha ...................

[HEBOJIbHUK]

Классная музыка

[mat1786]

hey idiot ...change the damn music...!!!

[Analog32]

@rishikeshfour Hey man in London they do not recycle toilet water & pump it back into taps !! where did u here that nonsense? it is treated & pumped out to sea, drinking water comes from reservoirs & the underground water table...do some research !!

[52111centrumcz]

@rishikeshfour

I did not say type99G is better than T-90A - I said they are functional equivalents. And it is all manufactured in China - that was my main point(The chineese DIDN'T get to copy the T-90A because the Russians never provided any for them to copy.). Over 60% of the components that are important on the Arjun are imported.

[rishikeshfour]

@52111centrumcz

why is the knock of type99G better than the type90? Indias intention was not to copy the leopard tank!

[rishikeshfour]

@zhangjingfei94

You have to admit that China does not dispose of its weapons, the pace of tech and development with china is not sustainable! You'll have a different problem with social stability, look at the empty buildings from nanjin to Shanghai... all built to keep people emploted at immense cost during the recession! China is going to slowdown that is a fact that cannot be ignored, beacuase it is the worlds factory and does not have an independent self reliant economy that buy its goods!

[rishikeshfour]

@sierra190MK

The tech is paid for!... the Chinese dont piss in the same river they drink from? India obtains waters from reservoirs thorugh treatment! in London they recycle toilet water and the pump it back into taps after cleaning it! And utensils so what? I dont see any problems with eating with hands!

[sierra190MK]

@MrBombchinanow

And you dirty cow worshippers are no better at developing orignal military tech either. The MIG-21s & 29s and SU-30MKIs the IAF are flying came from Russia. Even now you people are sucking Russian dicks (under the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA "partnership") just to obtain technical knowhow on 5th Gen jet development. BTW, as bad as the Chinese are, they at least don't piss in the same river water that they drink from and they eat using utinsils instead of eating from their hand.

[rudy71478]

The FAP is in the way...//

[maddympkv]

why are so many people burning in this video ?