Saturday 13 October 2018

MiG-31BM will receive an upgraded radar

Evgeniy Topgun


Translated by google


For a fighter-interceptor MiG-31BM developed an upgraded version of the radar system is significantly expanding its capabilities, reports Interfax message Defense Ministry's press service.

The issue of developing a radar modification was discussed at a meeting of Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko with the leadership of Zaslon JSC. 

Krivoruchko "supported the modernization of the unique radar complex for MiG-31BM aircraft, which significantly expands its capabilities," the report says. 

He also instructed manufacturers to speed up the process of testing the radar complex for corvettes of the project 20380. 

MiG-31BM modification of the interceptor MiG-31, which was put into service in 1981. The deep modification is carried out by the branch of MiG - the Sokol aircraft factory (Nizhny Novgorod). The machine is equipped with a radar system "Barrier-AM". The range of detection and destruction of targets is more than two hundred kilometers. The interceptor can simultaneously destroy 6 and accompany up to 10 targets.

The MiG corporation (included in the UAC) unites in its structure the profile enterprises providing all the elements of the life cycle of the aircraft produced - from the development of the concept of mass production and technical support. 

JSC "Barrier" - a developer and manufacturer of high-tech products. In its activities, the company interacts with such industrial companies as Tupolev, Sukhoi, MiG, Kamov, Almaz Central Securities and Design Bureau, the majority of shipyards, various ministries and departments.

Source: topwar.ru

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