Russia To Begin Flight Testing Its New MiG-35 This Summer

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National Interest: Russia's Lethal New MiG-35 to Start Flight Testing This Summer

Russia’s RSK-MiG has completed an initial batch of pre-production versions of the Mikoyan MiG-35 Fulcrum-F multirole fighter. The company is set to deliver the jets to the Russian defense ministry for flight-testing this summer.

“We have completed the first phase of this work—the Ministry of Defense has examined and approved the design,” said RSK-MiG general director Sergei Korotkov in a March 17 statement. “We are following the schedule specified in the contract that we signed with the Defense Ministry. Today the plane, at this location, is undergoing all stages of assembly. It will be completed later this year and delivered to the customer for trials in the summer.”

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Update #1: Russia’s New MiG-35 Fighter Jet Soars Towards Test Flights (Sputnik)
Update #2: MiG-35 pre-production batch to start flight tests soon (IHS Janes 360)

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction .... a lot of eyes are going to be on this fighter jet when the tests begin.