When it comes to Russian combat aircraft, there are two major families: Sukhoi and Mikoyan. Since World War Two, these two aerospace defense giants have been vying for power and influence within the ...

Between November 2019 and November 2020, the Indian Navy lost three of its MiG-29K fighter jets to accidents. Could it compel New Delhi to seek a new fighter for its aircraft carriers in the ...

Meet the MiG-29K: Mikoyan Gurevich is one of the premier aircraft designers of Russia and the former Soviet Union. Its storied history includes some impressive aircraft such as the MiG-15, one of the ...

A Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29K aboard India's second aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant , in September 2022. The Indian Navy has been considering an alternative carrier-borne fighter for the Vikrant .

An agreement was signed on Friday for manufacture of the redesigned nose and wing for the new carrier-borne MiG-29 by the Sokol aircraft building plant (Nizhniy Novgorod). Sokol was previously ...

Key Points and Summary: Russia's Sukhoi Su-33 is a powerful and capable carrier-based fighter, superior in many ways to its naval counterpart, the MiG-29K. -However, this formidable aircraft is now ...

India's order for 16 RSK MIG MiG-29K multirole fighters to equip the refurbished and upgraded aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov is reportedly in doubt due to Indian dissatisfaction with the ...

A new video shows an Indian Navy MiG-29K landing aboard INS Vikrant using the STOBAR system — a short takeoff but arrested recovery setup that demands precise energy management and tight ship handling ...

HAL is testing a new mission computer for the Indian Navy's MiG-29K carrier-borne fighter aircraft. The new system has been designed to give the navy the ability to integrate a wide range of domestic ...

MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. The crews of deck-based MiG-29K fighters have gone on experimental combat duty on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic for the first time, the Northern Fleet’s press ...

MOSCOW — MiG Corp. has delivered the first MiG-29K ship-based fighters to the Russian navy under a contract for 24 aircraft signed in February 2012, the Russian defense ministry announced Nov. 25. The ...