The United Aircraft Corporation has handed over to the Russian Defence Ministry a batch of modernised MiG-31 fighter-interceptors with enhanced capabilities, the corporation’s press service said.
“Nizhny Novgorod’s Sokol Aviation Plant has handed over to the Russian Defence Ministry a batch of MiG-31 fighter-interceptors, which have undergone repair and modernisation. The work was carried out under the state defence order. The aircraft were sent to the airfields of permanent basing,” the report says.
The UAC added that the fighters returned to service have the same flight characteristics that were laid down in their design, but at the same time received wider functions and capabilities.
UAC CEO Yury Slyusar, quoted by the press service, noted that the modernisation of the MiG-31 is one of the core competencies and the most important activity of the Sokol aircraft building plant in Nizhny Novgorod.
“The enterprise fulfils its obligations to provide the Russian army with the necessary aircraft. The work will continue within the framework of fulfilment of the current year’s contracts,” Slyusar said.
