The oft-delayed MiG successor to the MiG-29 Fulcrum family was intended from the onset as a rival to the USAF ATF which led to the F-22 Raptor. As such, it was a new design- a canard-delta with powerful Lyul'ka AF41 engines with thrust of nearly 40,000 lbs each, thrust vectoring, advanced avionics, stealth (RAM and RAS), high performance of Mach 2.6, ceiling of 71,000 ft, range of 2500 miles, and carrying a GSh-301 cannon with 250 rds and a range of ATA and ATG missiles (AA-11 Archer, AA-12 Adder, and various ATG missiles as well as PGMs and dumb free-fall bombs). A promising design that was actually over-modified, the MiG MFI (aka MiG 1.44, NATO codename Flatpack) suffered constant delays in funding as Sukhoi's Su-27 Flanker pulled ahead in technology, performance, cost efficiency, and political favor of the now FSU after the collape of the USSR. Sukhoi had the funds to produce the variants of the Flaker family (Su-27, Su-32/34, Su-35, and test aircraft Su-47 Berkut). MiG, meanwhile, lost a decade of development and finally flew the MiG MFI in 2000. One more short flight and then all information on the aircraft came to a standstill. It was to become the MiG-39 (and not the MiG-35 as reported) IF it ever entered production... but it didn't. Some say it is cancelled and yet no official Russian word on what happened to it. Rumors of a new MiG-41 (aka I-2000) 6th Gen stealth fighter have been steady, but that aircraft if built won't fly until the 2020s at best. Sukhoi rules for fighters and Tupolev is struggling with Russian bomber tech.

http://www.rusarmy.com/wallpapers/avia2/mig-1.44/mig-1.44_800%20001.jpg http://www.ausairpower.net/I.44-Flight-1.jpg http://vayu-sena-aux.tripod.com/pix/mig_mfi8.jpg http://www.patricksaviation.com/files/videos/550/3108.jpg MiG I-2000 (MiG-41) artist rendering: http://www.aerospaceguide.net/aviation/MiG-I-2000.jpg