The OLD-UEM electro-optic targeting system incorporates infrared, laser and TV sensors, with its laser rangefinder capable of being used in engagements of air and surface targets at ranges up to 8nm. The pre-series single-seater (pictured) comes armed with dummy R-73 and R-77 rounds

Simultaneous use of both take-off positions at INS Vikramaditya (seen here) and Admiral Kuznetsov increase the launch rates in an effort to reduce overall take-off time in the event of large group operations

The MiG-29K/KUB features a sophisticated FBW system that also provides automatic lift control at all flight regimes, by continuous in-flight scheduling of the slats, trailing-edge flaps, Krueger flaps, and tailplane, depending on the angle of attack and Mach number and without trim changes felt by the pilot

MiG-29K/KUB development was largely completed by 2010, while the type’s serial production was launched two years earlier and the first customer deliveries took place in 2009

The dorsal spine of the shipborne Fulcrum terminates in a beaver tail with a hydraulically-driven square-section arrester hook installed below. This aircraft is equipped with a PAZ-1MK refuelling pod between the engine trunks

The extensive wing mechanisation of the shipborne Fulcrum provides considerable reduction in approach speed, resulting in a comfortable angle of attack for the pilot on the final and while touching down

Демонстратор РСК "МиГ" МиГ-29К (б/н 941) и МиГ-29К ВМС Индии в 2009 году проходили испытания на ТАКР "Адмирал Кузнецов". Предполагается, что в 2013 году 24 МиГ-29К/КУБ начнут выполнять полеты с авианосца "Викрамадитья", модернизированного из ТАКР "Адмирал Горшков" типа "Киев".
The first batch of shipborne Fulcrums ordered by India in 2004 comprised 16 aircraft: 12 MiG-29K single-seaters and four MiG-29KUB two-seaters

MIG-29K/KUB pilots are provided with an improved Zvezda K-36D-3.5 zero-zero ejection seat

Initial ship compatibility trials of the shipborne Fulcrum were carried out in late September 2009, involving one of the pre-production jets together with a production-standard MiG-29KUB two-seater built for the Indian Navy, with flight operations conducted from the desk of the Russian Navy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov sailing in Barents Sea

The initial four shipborne jets built for the Indian Navy’s air arm rolled off the line at the RAC MiG final assembly facility in Lukhovitsy near Moscow in 2008-2009. These were initially utilised for the conversion-to-type training of the first group of nine Indian instructor pilots - this was made in Russia and took nine months to complete

RAC MiG’s designers developed an all-new fuselage for the shipborne Fulcrum, featuring extensive corrosion protection and many all-new systems, while power is provided by an uprated and fully-marinised derivative of the Klimov RD-33K jet engine

The MiG-29KR/KUBR provides the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier with a new capability of mounting precise strikes against ground target. Its arsenal incorporates laser- and TV-guided munitions such as the Kh-29T/L missile, Kh-31P high-speed anti-radiation missile and Kh-35U anti-ship missile (seen here) in addition to KAB-500L and KAB-500Kr bombs