The Mikoyan Project 1.44/1.42 is a Russian Air Force prototype fifth-generation air-superiority fighter aircraft. Apart from a number of names along the lines of "Object/Project 1.44/1.42", the aircraft is also known as the MiG-MFI. It was unofficially known for a time as "MiG-35", although MiG is now using this designation for the export version of the MiG-29OVT. The MFI has also been referred to by some sources as MiG-39. Despite the prototype status of the 1.44/1.42, NATO has assigned the reporting name "Flatpack" to this aircraft. The relationship between the 1.44 and 1.42 designations is unclear outside the military world, and these are generally used interchangeably. For simplicity, the 1.44 designation is used throughout this article. Image File history File links MiG_142_FighterPlanesCom. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... Mikoyan, formerly Mikoyan-Gurevich (Russian: ), is a Russian military aircraft design bureau, primarily for fighter aircraft. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2000: // January 30 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. ... The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России, transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force of Russia. ... Mikoyan, Mikoyan-Gurevich, or MiG (Russian: Микоян, Микоян-Гуревич or МиГ) is a Russian military aircraft manufacturer. ... The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России, transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force of Russia. ... The Mikoyan Project 1. ... The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ... NATO reporting names are unclassified code names for Soviet and Chinese military equipment. ...

History

The 1.44 was Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau's entry to Russia's Многофункциональный Фронтовой Истребитель (Mnogofounksionalni Frontovoi Istrebitel - Multifunctional Frontline Fighter) program (a development program that originated in the 1980s, similar to the Advanced Tactical Fighter program held in the United States). It was designed to compete with the American Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Many of its design features are similar to those found on fifth generation Western fighters, including thrust vectoring, supersonic cruise and modern avionics. Looking back upon its development history, the 1.44 served purely as a technological showcase and testbed for future aircraft designs, not as an actual air superiority fighter. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... For information about the video game of the same name, see F_22 Raptor (game). ... Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... The F-22 Raptor is a fifth generation fighter aircraft which utilizes fourth generation Stealth technology. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Development

The MiG 1.44/1.42 has been shrouded in mystery throughout the course of its existence. The Russian government cancelled the MFI program in 1997 due to the unacceptably high per-unit cost of the aircraft (Ф2.05 billion RUR, US$70 million). Development continued, with the first test flight taking place on February 29, 2000 and two confirmed test flights in 2001. In Russia's abandonment of the MFI program, the PAK FA (Перспективный Авиационный Комплекс Фронтовой Авиации - Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi - Prospective Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces) program was initiated for the development of an aircraft designed to fill a role similar to that of the F-22, and come at a size and cost similar to that of the F-35 Lightning II. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (849x546, 74 KB)MiG 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (849x546, 74 KB)MiG 1. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1997: Events March 17–May 28 Linda Finch, pilot, aviation historian, and San Antonio, Texas businesswoman, flying a restored and specially equipped 62-year-old Lockheed Electra 10E, recreates the 1937 Amelia Earhart flight to circumnavigate the globe solo. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2000: // January 30 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2001: Events April: The unmanned aircraft Global Hawk flies automatically from Edwards AFB in the US to Australia non-stop and unrefuelled. ... The PAK FA (or PAK-FA) is a Russian fifth-generation fighter jet which is being developed by a consortium of companies spearheaded by Sukhoi. ... The F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine, stealth-capable military strike fighter, a multi-role aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air-to-air combat. ...

In 2001, India agreed with Russia to make the PAK FA program a development/production joint-venture between the two nations. Both Mikoyan-Gurevich and Sukhoi submitted concepts to the Defense Ministry for the PAK FA program (MiG entering an updated Project 1.44), but the Russian Defense Ministry selected the Sukhoi Design Bureau as the primary contractor for the PAK FA fighter. Design work has commenced on a backward-swept winged derivative of Sukhoi's experimental Su-47 Berkut aircraft. PAK FA proves to be a very ambitious program, with production of the PAK FA fighter planned to commence in 2010. MiG-MAPO and Yakovlev have also been mentioned as secondary contractors. The MiG 1.44 is currently serving as a technology demonstrator for the PAK FA program. The in-development PAK FA aircraft will use the same in-development Lyulka AL-41F engine planned for the 1.44. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Sukhoi (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... MiG MAPO or just MAPO is a a major Russian state owned military aircraft manufacturer. ... This page is about the aircraft design bureau and manufacturer. ...

Description

The 1.44 is a delta-winged, twin-tailed single seat air superiority/strike fighter with an all-moving forward canard plane. Its physical appearance and design characteristics mostly resemble the Eurofighter Typhoon. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (851x528, 82 KB)MiG 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (851x528, 82 KB)MiG 1. ... The delta-wing is a wing planform in the form of a triangle. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Official Eurofighter logo. ...

It is powered by two Lyulka AL-41F afterburning, thrust vectored turbofan jet engines, each generating 175 kN (39,340 lbf) of thrust (these engines are still in development). Both engines are fed by a single air intake placed under the fuselage. The 35-ton aircraft has a theoretical at-altitude maximum speed of Mach 2.6, and is capable of long-term supersonic flight. The 1.44 has a tricycle landing gear system, with a single, dual-wheel landing gear in the front, and two single-wheels in the rear. The Lyulka AL-41 is a turbofan engine. ... A Cessna 152 with a tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear describes a kind of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. ...

Avionics on the 1.44 are considered cutting-edge by Western standards: the glass-cockpit-enabled fighter features a pulse Doppler radar with a passive electronically scanned array antenna. The radar system is linked to a fire control system that allows the fighter to engage up to twenty separate targets at the same time. It is claimed that the radar system also enables the 1.44 to compete with the likes of the F-22 at beyond visual range (BVR) aerial combat. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This long range radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll. ... A passive electronically scanned array, as opposed to AESA, is a phased array which has a central RF source (such as a magnetron, a klystron or a traveling wave tube), sending energy into (usually digitally-controlled) phase shift modules, which then send energy into the various emitting elements in the...

Specifications (Project 1.44)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 19 m (63 ft)
• Wingspan: 15 m (50 ft)
• Height: 4.50 m (15 ft)
• Wing area: m² (ft²)
• Empty weight: 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 35,000 kg (77,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-41F afterburning turbofans, 176 kN (39,680 lb) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.6 (2761.2 km/h, 1716 mph)
• Range: 4,000 km (2,500 mi)
• Service ceiling: 17,000 m (55,720 ft)
• Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)

Armament

• Guns: 1× 30 mm Izhmash GSh-301 cannon
• Missiles: R-77 AA-12 Adder medium-range radar-guided missiles, R-73 AA-11 Archer short-range IR-guided missiles, K-37 long-range radar-guided missiles, K-74 short-range IR-guided missiles
• Bombs: likely any AGM or small-diameter free fall bomb in the Russian inventory

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External links

• FAS.org MiG-35 Page
• MiG Project 1.42 Article, Alexei Gretchikhine
• Sergei Babain's "True Supersonics" MFI Page
• MiG MFI at Aerospaceweb.org
• MiG 1.42 MFI at Fighter-Planes.com
• Recent (8/18/06) news story (in Russian) that reports that MIG is developing a fifth-generation light fighter (according to the commander of the Russian Air Force Vladimir Mikhailov). This project is different from the PAK FA project.
• MIG-39/1.42 MFI at Russian Military Analysis
• MIG MFI at ROY'S RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT RESOURCE
• MiG-39/1.42/1.44 at Military Video RESOURCE
• MiG-39/1.42/1.44 maiden flight video at YouTube
• Janes Article on MIG 35 for India and AESA Radar

Related content

Related development

• Mikoyan Project LFI

Comparable aircraft

• Dassault Rafale
• Eurofighter Typhoon
• F-22 Raptor
• Sukhoi Su-47
• Shenyang J-XX

Designation sequence

MiG-29 - MiG-31 - MiG-33 - MiG-35 - MiG-39 / 1.44 LFI - Light Frontal Interceptor / Light Tactical Fighter (Legkij Frontovoj Istribityel) The Russian Mig LFI is a fifth generation Russian figher, designed to have both air-to-air and air-to-ground attack capabilities. ... The logo of the Dassault Rafale program. ... Official Eurofighter logo. ... The F-22 Raptor is a fifth generation fighter aircraft which utilizes fourth generation Stealth technology. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... According to the reports of the Janes Defence Weekly, China has already launched its next generation stealth aircraft fighter programme, and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co. ... The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a fighter aircraft designed for the air superiority role in the Soviet Union. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ... For the aircraft previously incorrectly known as MiG-35, see Mikoyan Project 1. ...

Related lists

• List of fighter aircraft

See also

• Sukhoi PAK FA