Engineering:Mikoyan MiG-41
| Mikoyan MiG-41 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Stealth interceptor aircraft |
| National origin | Russia |
| Manufacturer | Mikoyan |
| First flight | after 2025 |
| Status | Under development |
| Primary user | Russian Air Force |
The Mikoyan MiG-41 or PAK DP (Russian: ПАК ДП, short for: Перспективный авиационный комплекс дальнего перехвата, romanized: Perspektivny aviatsionny kompleks dal'nego perekhvata, lit. ''Prospective air complex for long-range interception'')[1][2][3] is a stealth interceptor aircraft/heavy fighter under development by Mikoyan. The aircraft is intended to replace the Mikoyan MiG-31 in the Russian Air Force in mid-2020s.[4][5][6] According to the Russian defence analyst Vasily Kashin, the MiG-41 would be considered as a 5++ or 6th generation project.[4]
Development
The work on the supersonic PAK DP MiG-41 interceptor is making use of the MiG-701 (Izdeliye 7.01), Mikoyan MiG-301 and Mikoyan MiG-321 projects begun in the 1990s.[7]
As of July 2016, not much information was available apart from the statement that such aircraft is planned for development, no official data was available concerning its capabilities. It was speculated that it could enter service by the mid-2020s or 2030s. As an interceptor, its primary mission was rumored to offset future reconnaissance aircraft currently being developed by the United States of America and China. To achieve the high speeds rumoured for the aircraft, the aircraft would need to be equipped with ramjet or turboramjet engines.[8]
The design of the MiG-41 was finalized by the end of 2019, at the same time the research work was completed. In 2020, within that research framework, the Russian Ministry of Defense selected the most promising project. Work in this area now continues in R&D. Ilya Tarasenko, the general director of the MiG corporation, as well as the head of the Sukhoi company, said in an interview in July 2020 that the PAK DP will be created on the basis of the MiG-31[9][10]
According to Izvestia, the MiG-41 is envisioned to become an interceptor of hypersonic missiles by carrying a multifunctional long-range interceptor missile system (MPKR DP) that will dispense several sub-missiles in order to increase the chance of intercepting hypersonic weapons.[11]
Design
In an interview for Russia Today, the Director General of RSK MiG, Ilya Tarasenko, said that it would be a new construction capable of Mach number 4–4.3, equipped with an anti-missile laser, and said would be able to operate at very high altitudes and even in near space. He also stated that it could be transformed into an unmanned version later. If purchased by the Russian Air Force , he said that the first production MiG-41 would be completed in 2025.[12]
The aircraft will likely cruise at speeds of at least Mach 3 (3,675 km/h; 2,284 mph) and fly at high altitudes (at levels between the stratopause and the tropopause, ie below 45,000 meters and above 12,000 meters)[13] to cover the most amount of Russia's very large territory in the shortest period of time. It could use the Izdeliye 30 engines currently under development for the Su-57.[14][13] The MiG-41 will use stealth technology.[15]
An unmanned version is also under consideration.[16]
See also
- BAE Systems Tempest
- F/A-XX Program
- Future Combat Air System
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.janes.com/article/53633/russia-to-launch-mig-31-replacement-programme-before-end-of-decade.
- ↑ "МиГ-41 опустит воздушную разведку США с небес на землю". 10 November 2018. https://svpressa.ru/war21/article/215547. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Pike, John. "PAK DP". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/pak-dp.htm. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "MiG-41: Russia Wants to Build a Super 6th Generation Fighter". http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/mig-41-russias-wants-build-super-6th-generation-fighter-20064.
- ↑ "A new MiG-41 aircraft may be developed on the basis of MiG-31 fighter-interceptor". 2014-03-05. https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2014/3/5/2209/?h.
- ↑ "Russia’s MiG aircraft corporation working on fifth-generation fighter jet". 17 August 2018. http://tass.com/defense/1017603. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ↑ Matveev, Vadim (30 December 2015). "Russia developing new interceptor aircraft". https://www.rbth.com/economics/defence/2015/12/30/russia-developing-new-interceptor-aircraft_556283. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Vadim Matveev (30 December 2015). "Russia developing new interceptor aircraft". Russia and India Report. https://in.rbth.com/economics/defence/2015/12/30/russia-developing-new-interceptor-aircraft_556283. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ https://ria.ru/20190617/1555619330.html
- ↑ https://ria.ru/20200716/1574433496.html
- ↑ "Одним Махом: Россия разрабатывает оружие против гиперзвуковых ракет" (in ru). Izvestia. 12 February 2020. https://iz.ru/972679/anton-lavrov-roman-kretcul/odnim-makhom-rossiia-razrabatyvaet-oruzhie-protiv-giperzvukovykh-raket.
- ↑ "Armia-2017: Informacje o MiG-41" (in pl). Altair Agencja Lotnicza. 25 August 2017. http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=23148. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "MiG lavora al progetto PAK-DP con il nuovo MiG-41 – Analisi Difesa". https://www.analisidifesa.it/2018/10/mig-lavora-al-progetto-pak-dp-con-il-nuovo-mig-41/. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Majumdar, Dave (21 August 2018). "Russia's Mach 3 MiG-41: Everything We Know". https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-mach-3-mig-41-everything-we-know-29427. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Перспективный дальний перехватчик будет малозаметным
- ↑ Majumdar, Dave (22 August 2017). "Russia's PAK-DP Interceptor: The Unmanned Plane that Could Replace the MiG-31?". https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-pak-dp-interceptor-the-unmanned-plane-could-replace-22011. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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