Flight tests of the MiG-35 will begin in 2016
Flight tests of the MiG-35 multi-role fighters preproduction batch will begin this year, he told reporters today the general director of the RAC "MiG" Sergei Korotkov
"Today we completed the first phase of this work. Sketchy-technical project was protected and passed the Ministry of Defense. Therefore, we are going according to the schedule of the contract signed ... Today, aircraft, located here, has passed all stages of assembly and this year will be compiled and presented to the customer for flight operations ", - quotes S. Korotkov
Tass .
How many fighters will go into pre-production batch, the head of the RAC "MiG" is not specified.
According to him, the MiG-35 will be able to reach speeds of Mach 2.23, and its radius of action more than in the predecessor - the MiG-29 - one and a half times.
"T
he whole range of aircraft weapons, which is now available in Russian, and those that may appear in the near future, (aircraft) i
s also ready to accept. It simultaneously captures ten purposes and may from four to six objectives, the most dangerous, hitting "- Korotkov said.
RAC "MiG" expects to enter into a contract for serial deliveries of MiG-35 Russian military is not the first year. Earlier, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that under the state program of armaments to 2020 the military should get 30 of these machines. Later, Commander of Air Force Space Viktor Bondarev reported that the aircraft will enter the army in 2018.
