Space occupied by the second cockpit in the MiG-35UB two-seat version built for the RuASF, seen here, is used to accommodate an additional 400-litre fuel tank on the single-seater

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29УБ - РоссияRussia - 1981

The new developments around the MiG-35 programme, revealed at the MAKS-2019 show and aimed at export customers, were centred on the extensive structural redesign of a demonstrator aircraft equipped with an AESA radar, developed by the Phazotron-NIIR company, known as the Zhuk-A/AM

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

In 2014, the MiG-35’s development programme was at last given a much-needed funding boost by the Russian MoD. The initial pair of newly built examples - referred to as pre-production aircraft and earmarked for use in the type’s exhaustive testing and evaluation effort - is known to have taken to the air for the first time in November 2016

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

On completion of the MiG-35’s development and testing effort, an order for 30-plus examples for the RuAF was originally expected to be placed in late 2018

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

It is not yet clear if the MiG-35s built for the RuASF will get the T220 targeting pod, developed by the Moscow-based NIIP company, featuring the same sensor outfit as that of the nose-mounted OLS-UEM

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

This is the first pre-series MiG-35S, a single-seater, delivered in 2019 to the RuASF for participation in the extended flight-testing programme

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

This is the two-seater Fulcrum, known to have been the first to get the MiG-35 designation during 2007. Developed on the basis of one of the MiG-29M’s original prototypes, serialled 154, it was used for demonstrator purposes during the Indian MRCA fighter competition

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

The initial pair of newly built MIG-35s - referred to as pre-production aircraft and earmarked for use in the type’s exhaustive testing and evaluation effort - took to the air for the first time in November 2016

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

The Klimov RD-33MK engine, powering the MiG-35 and MIG-29M/M2 derivatives, is rated at 19,836lb st at full afterburner, while time between overhaul is 1,000 hours and the service life is set at 4,000 hours

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

The MiG-35 features a newly introduced sophisticated self-protection suite, including the L-150 Pastel radar warning receiver. There is also the MSP-418K jammer pod offered for this Fulcrum derivative, seen in the foreground

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

This is one of the two pre-series MiG-35s, serialled Blue 11, built in 2019, seen here positioned behind a wide array of guided air-to-surface ordinance integrated, or intended for integration on the new-generation Fulcrums for the RuASF

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

The T220 pod, seen here suspended under the starboard engine nacelle, was built to be used for target detection and identification as well as for the designation of laser-guided munitions

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002

The enhanced aerodynamical configuration of the export-orientated, pumped-up Fulcrum - unveiled at MAKS-2019 and showed again at MAKS-2021 - has redesigned extended-area vertical fins with the rudder placed flush with the trailing edge and cropped top surface instead of the original canted downwards design

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-35 / МиГ-29М2 / МиГ-29MRCA - РоссияRussia - 2002