The integration of the F-35
Lightning II fighter with the Meteor
long-range air-to-air missile ordered
by British MoD and carried out
by MBDA is scheduled to finish in
2022. The F-35 will be able to carry
a maximum of four Meteors with
a ducted-ramjet engine ensuring a
range "much above 100 km".
The MiG-35 (MiG-29M) was the most promoted Russian fighter. Moscow-based OAK
is expecting export orders that could help the company maintain and run RSK MiG
plants after 2020. So far, there have been 46 MiG-29M/M2 (single-seat 9.41SR and
twin-seat 9.47SR) ordered by Egypt. The state trials of the Russian MiG-35S/UB
(single-seat 9.41SR and twin-seat 9.47SR) are to end in 2017.
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