[21 Apr 2006] /АРМС-ТАСС/
MiG corporation hands over to Slovacian AF an initial batch of fourMiG-29 fighters upgraded to meet NATO/ICAO standards. One of such airplanes is to be demonstrated at ILA-2006 air show in Berlin in May 2006, Sergei Tsivilev, the first deputy MiG chief designer, told at a news-conference. According to him, in all, there will be upgraded 12 MiG-29 fighters which are currently in service with Slovakia's AF. Upgrade of the Slovakian Mig-29 aircraft has been carried out according to NATO standards in close cooperation with BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins. The MiG corporation is also actively cooperating woth some West European companies such as EADS, Tales, Safran, Reinmetall Defense Electronic and others.
The Slovakian AF's so-upgraded MiG-29 will be able to participate, with no limitations, in NATO operations, and meet ICAO requirements. State identification system allows for targets to be classified without addressing ground control centres. The introduction of navigational receivers and multifunctional indicator as a compliment to airborne equipment would enable to display navigational-plane situation connected with a given aircraft position. Instead of pointer-and - scale instruments graded in metric system, instruments displaying miles, pounds and feet are mounted.