Will MiG-35S survive and find customers?

Much has been made of the latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft, including the American Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and the Sukhoi Su-57, but there is still a place for generation 4++ aircraft today. Just as the United States is moving forward with its Boeing F-15EX to complement the F-35, Russia is taking a similar course with its Mikoyan MiG-35 NATO reporting name Fulcrum-F, an all-weather combat attack aircraft that was developed to be capable of destroying enemy targets day or night, including moving and stationary ground and surface targets. The Russian MiG-35, which is a follow-up of the MiG-29K & KUB and MiG-29M & M2, is now undergoing its final state trials. The MiG-35 is at the stage of state joint trials and a preliminary certificate has been obtained for launching the production of a pilot batch of the aircraft, said Musheg Baloyan, director of the MiG-29M, MiG-35 and Light Multi-Purpose Frontline Aircraft Programs Directorate at the MiG Aircraft Corporation, a division of the United Aircraft Corporation UAC. The flight personnel are fond of the plane, which is easy to operate and that helps a lot, Baloyan explained in an interview with Tass on May 6. There are issues that do arise in the process of the aircraft's operation and we are promptly ironing them out together with our customer the Russian Defense Ministry. The MiG-35, which was developed to operate in areas of highly intense armed conflicts under an enemy's dense and multi-layered air defenses, began its flight tests and demonstrated its capabilities to potential foreign customers in January 2017. The fighter's factory trials were concluded in December 2017. Since being announced in 2007, the MiG-35's development has been slow and it was only in 2013 that the Russian Air Force announced it planned to order a total of just 37 of the aircraft. To date, 14 MiG-35s have been produced including six tests and eight serial-produced aircraft. Russia has remained the sole operator of the MiG-35, but a variant has been considered for export.
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