"Mig-2000" Fighter (as imagined by General Dynamics)

[hesham]

Hi,

about the MiG-2000 is not a new project,I have some
pictures for it from 1980s,and all of its details appeared
in a Arabic magazine by that time.

 

[flateric]

Is term prognosis known to you? MIG-2000 was a GD prognosis of how Soviet advanced fighter would look in year 2000.
No one here says that it's a new project.

 

[werewolf0001]

...

 

[frank]

The MiG 2000 concepts go back to the mid 1980s. IIRC, the MiG 2000 was created by General Dynamics.

 

[Sundog]

I already posted a thread here on that design, and that MiG-2000 design was by General Dynamics, as Frank stated, not the Russians. That was one of the designs they came up with, based on what the Russians were studying for their next fighter, in order to aid the design of the ATF. You can see in planform, it wasn't far off from the MiG 1.42/1.44, although they definitely got the weight class wrong.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I spoke about this aircraft before and its drawing was appeared in early
of 1990s.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/MIG-2000-Foto.jpg

 

[vajt]

Very cool. Too bad this was not further developed into a lighter weight fighter to replace the MiG-29.

-----JT-----

 

[Sundog]

Very cool. Too bad this was not further developed into a lighter weight fighter to replace the MiG-29.

I don't think General Dynamics was interested in designing a MiG-29 replacement for the USSR.

Also, for reference, I believe the magazine article I took that info from was published around approximately the 1986/1988 time frame.

 

[paralay]

 

[elider]

That looks very familiar. I think I saw something very much like that in an AW&ST video about modern (this was mid-1980s) fighters, and this was a conjecture by a GD person on what the MFI might look like. I think his name was Bob Ward. Apologies if too many grey brain cells have led me astray on this.

 

[flateric]

Bigger is better, especially in color

 

[hesham]

Hi,

from Arabic magazine of 1988.

 

[fightingirish]

Doug Richardson’s Mikoyan MiG-37 based on the MiG-2000

Source:
Hushkit-Blog - The Mikoyan MiG-37: A brief history of Russian stealth (in fact and fiction)

 

[hesham]

A clearer view.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

We've posted some pics but here's the full MiG-2000 article by Richard Ward.

As a Senior Engineering Specialist at General Dynamics
Corp. 's Fort Worth, Tex ., facility, Richard D. Ward is the
lead designer on advanced-design programs. A recipient
of a B.S. degree in aeronautical engineering from the
University of Oklahoma in 1962, his career in the aviation
industry has included work with Rockwell and McDonnell
Douglas. He has participated in the X-15, B-70A, F-4, F-15,
and F-18 programs. For the past sixteen years, he has been
a configuration designer on conceptual design programs
that have included design analysis of foreign aircraft, with
emphasis on Soviet design and procurement practices.

Air Force Magazine March 1985 - thanks @flateric

 

[flateric]

Original Ward's paper was titled
MiG-2000: The Next Soviet Challenge
MR-D-781
Fort Worth
General Dynamics Corporation
11 September 1985

There was also article on MiG-2000 in February 1986 issue of Aerospace America but I doubt it much differ from AFM one

 

[martinbayer]

Note that Richard Ward, who in the second half of the Nineteen Eighties was a staff member of the Comparative Systems Analysis Group of the General Dynamics Fort Worth Division, was also a co-author of AIAA-1988-4506, "Assessment of a Soviet Hypersonic Transport", in which he apparently fell for some Soviet misinformation on a TsAGI hypersonic passenger transport concept show model, see the discussion at https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...r-transport-concept-paris-air-show-1987.3455/. Wishful thinking appears to have played a role in both cases.

 

[flateric]

Richard Dallace “Dick” Ward

Richard “Dick Ward” Dallace Ward, 85, of Wetumka, Oklahoma, passed away on September 1, 2023. Born on November 27, 1937, in Wilson, Oklahoma, Richard was a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend.

www.holdenvillenews.com

 

[Sundog]

Original Ward's paper was titled
MiG-2000: The Next Soviet Challenge
MR-D-781
Fort Worth
General Dynamics Corporation
11 September 1985

There was also article on MiG-2000 in February 1986 issue of Aerospace America but I doubt it much differ from AFM one

That's where my images came from, the Aerospace America article.

 

[martinbayer]

Richard Dallace “Dick” Ward

Richard “Dick Ward” Dallace Ward, 85, of Wetumka, Oklahoma, passed away on September 1, 2023. Born on November 27, 1937, in Wilson, Oklahoma, Richard was a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend.

www.holdenvillenews.com

So, what are your well informed background take and conclusions on these particular reports, as well as the factual ramifications thereof, Flateric, if I may ask?

 

[archipeppe]

I would really like to know Soviet/Russian reaction to those drawings.....

 

[Michel Van]

I would really like to know Soviet/Russian reaction to those drawings.....

like this ?

 

[paralay]

I would really like to know Soviet/Russian reaction to those drawings.....

Almost guessed it