India get the first 3 MiG29UPG fighters

[Evgeny]

MiG corporation passed the first 3 MiG29 fighters modernised till UPG version over to India

 

[acetophenol]

MiG corporation passed the first 3 MiG29 fighters modernised till UPG version over to India

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Is the pic of upg? Where's the hump?

 

[hitenray09]

Russia Begins Supply Of Upgraded МiG-29 To IAF

JSC Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (part of the United Aircraft Corporation) began to supply upgraded MiG-29 fighters to the Indian Air Force. The first three aircraft are delivered to India by An-124 transport aircraft.

Modernization significantly extends the range of tasks performed by MiG-29. The upgraded aircraft, along with increased capability to fight air targets, acquire the ability to strike ground (surface) moving and stationary targets with precision weapons by day and night and in any weather conditions.

The maiden flight of the upgraded MiG-29UPG took place on February 4, 2011 at the airdrome of the Flight Research Institute named after M.M. Gromov.

The contract provides repair and modification of aircraft for the purpose of extending the life up to 3,500 flight hours and service life - up to 40 years.

Developments of the RAC MiG can significantly extend the life cycle of MiG-29, which was proven by the experience of modernization in a number of countries.

Chindits: Russia Begins Supply Of Upgraded

 

[Evgeny]

Thank you, hitenray09!

 

[rockstarIN]

Wah...its a nice addition. So far I heard the update reduced the RCS of the fighter significantly+ multi role capabilities.

 

[hitenray09]

Thank you, hitenray09!

Welcome, but i couldn't upload the pic,but in can be viewed in the given link.

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

The characteristics of Indian MiG-29
upgrade was confirmed by TsAMTO analytic
center in Russia.
Engines RD-33 ser 3 with BARK-88 FADEC
and KSU-941UB removed control system.
Radar Zhuk-ME
FLIR KOLS
Sh-3UM-1 Helmet Mounted Integrated
Targeting system
Displays’ number - 4
K-36D-3.5 – ejecting chair
BTsVM-90/BTsVM-486-2 – onboard
computer
BKTsO Digital signal processor
L-150NU – passive guiding missiles station
A new EW station (not elaborated)
SVR video recording system, KARAT-B whole
recording system
BINS-SP navigation system with GPS
A-053 radio-altmeter
MS-2 voice warning system
The weapon: RVV-AE, R-73E, R-27R1/
R-27T1, R-27ER1/R-27ET1, Kh-29T/L,
Kh-31A/P, Kh-35, KAB-500KR/OD/L,
unguided bombs 50-500 kg, S-24B, S-8
unguided rockets.
1500 and 1900 liters dropped fuel tanks

Defunct Humanity: MiG-29UPG detailes

edit: Radar is not ZukME but ZukM2E which has more processing power.

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

Checking out the Zhuk-M1E radar
at Aero-India - the new unit
developed by Phazotron for the
MiG-29M, MiG-29K and upgrades -
one detail was obvious: the
backside of the radome and the
front of the bulkhead were covered
with what looked like something
you'd clean the barbecue with.
Photo by Bill Sweetman
It's radar-absorbent material
(RAM) and pretty effective RAM at
that. Nothing very exotic, but it
does not need to be, since it is
sealed up inside the radome and
protected from aerodynamic
forces, heat and moisture. In fact,
US RAM specialists Emerson &
Cuming sell a very similar product
on the open market, an open-cell
plastic foam doped with carbon
absorber.
Russians are not stupid and do not
do things if there is no point, and
there would not be a lot of point
in dealing with the radar-cross
section (RCS) hotspot from the
radar antenna if they had not also
dealt with the other sore-thumb
hotspots, namely the inlets/
compressor faces and the cockpit.
The technology to do this was
described in detail in technical
papers delivered in London some
years ago by representatives from
the ITAE research institute, who
had applied it to the Su-27 family.
ITAE had even worked out how to
apply RAM directly to the first-
stage fan blades, which is quite a
neat trick, and had devised spray-
on RAM for missiles. One may
assume these or similar measures
are available to MiG.


Russian Stealth You Can Touch

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

Take-off Magazine : Indian MiG-29 upgrade

 

[OrionHunter]

Where's the hump?

Here it is...

And the HMSD...

Cheers!

 

[jaiind]

see this video folks ........

 

[selvan33]

the deadly beast.

 

[DacterSaab]

aren't mig-29UPG supposed to have smokeless engines?

 

[JayAtl]

aren't mig-29UPG supposed to have smokeless engines?

i don't presume this the right answer, but I believe what you see as smoke trail in that video is when afterburners are deployed..

 

[Kompromat]

The Bump Spine, houses an EW suite.