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Mikoyan-Gurevich I-220

The Mikoyan-Gurevich I-220, also known as the MiG-11 or 2A, was a Soviet prototype high-altitude fighter built during World War II that never entered production.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105 (МиГ-105)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105 (МиГ-105), also called the 105 Vehicle, was a Soviet piloted test analog of the Spiral orbital spaceplane, air-launched from a Tu-95 in 1977 and 1978.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (МиГ-15)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (МиГ-15), NATO name "Fagot", was a Soviet swept-wing jet fighter that dueled the American F-86 Sabre over Korea; roughly 18,000 were built, and it flew with 44 countries.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (NATO reporting name "Fresco") was a Soviet transonic jet fighter developed from the MiG-15, first flown in 1950 and used most extensively in the Vietnam War.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, NATO name "Farmer," is a twin-engine Soviet supersonic fighter, the world's first operational supersonic jet, built in the USSR and China from 1955.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, NATO name Fishbed, is a Soviet supersonic tailed-delta fighter that first flew in 1955, entered service in 1960, and became the most-produced supersonic jet fighter in history, with over 11,000 built.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, NATO name Flogger, is a Soviet supersonic, variable-sweep wing fighter that first flew in 1967 and served from 1970 as a replacement for the MiG-21.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (МиГ-25)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (МиГ-25), known to NATO as the Foxbat, was a Soviet high-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that first flew in 1964 and startled the West at the 1967 Moscow air show.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (МиГ-3)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (МиГ-3) was a Soviet high-altitude fighter-interceptor built from 1940 to 1942, the USSR's most numerous new fighter in June 1941.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 (NATO reporting name Fargo) was the Soviet Union's first jet fighter, first flown in April 1946 and powered by two reverse-engineered German BMW 003 turbojets.

MikroKopter

MikroKopter is a German open-source multirotor drone platform published online in 2006 by electrical engineers Holger Buss and Ingo Busker, who founded HiSystems to build it.

MikroTik

MikroTik is a Latvian network hardware and software manufacturer founded in 1996, best known for RouterOS, the operating system that powers its RouterBOARD routers, switches, and wireless devices used by ISPs and businesses.

MikuMikuDance

MikuMikuDance (MMD) is a freeware 3D animation program for Windows, created by Yu Higuchi in 2008 to animate Hatsune Miku, widely used for dance videos.

Mil Mi-14 (Ми-14)

The Mil Mi-14 (Ми-14), NATO reporting name Haze, is a Soviet shore-based amphibious anti-submarine warfare helicopter derived from the Mi-8, with 273 built from 1973 to 1986.

Mil Mi-17 (Ми-17)

The Mil Mi-17 (Ми-17), NATO reporting name Hip, is a Soviet and Russian twin-turbine medium transport helicopter, the export designation of the Mi-8MT, produced from 1975.

Mil Mi-2 (Ми-2)

The Mil Mi-2 (Ми-2), also known as the PZL Mi-2, is a Soviet-designed, twin-engine light multirole helicopter produced exclusively in Poland from 1965, with 5,418 built.

Mil Mi-24

The Mil Mi-24, NATO name Hind, is a large Soviet helicopter gunship and assault transport, first flown in 1969 and used in over 40 conflicts.

Mil Mi-26 (Ми-26)

The Mil Mi-26 (Ми-26), NATO name "Halo", is a Soviet and Russian heavy transport helicopter developed by the Mil plant, first flown in 1977 and the largest serially produced in the world.

Mil Mi-28 (Ми-28)

The Mil Mi-28 (Ми-28), NATO name Havoc, is a Russian two-seat attack helicopter that first flew in 1982 and entered service as the night-capable Mi-28N Night Hunter.

Mil Mi-38

The Mil Mi-38 (Ми-38) is a Russian twin-engine multirole transport helicopter designed by Mil and built by Kazan Helicopters, certified in 2015 and in serial production since 2019.

Mil Mi-6 (Ми-6)

The Mil Mi-6 (Ми-6, NATO reporting name "Hook") was a Soviet heavy transport helicopter carrying 12 tonnes of cargo, the world's largest when it first flew in 1957.

Mil Mi-8 (Ми-8)

The Mil Mi-8 (Ми-8), NATO name "Hip", is a Soviet-designed medium transport helicopter first flown in 1961, with over 12,000 built and used in nearly 70 countries.

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Московский вертолётный завод имени М. Л. Миля)

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, also known as Mil Helicopters (Московский вертолётный завод имени М. Л. Миля), is a Russian helicopter design bureau founded by Mikhail Mil in 1947.

Mil V-12 (В-12)

The Mil V-12, also known as the Mil Mi-12, was a Soviet prototype heavy-lift helicopter with two side-by-side rotors and the largest helicopter ever built.

MIL-STD-1553

MIL-STD-1553 is a US military standard for a serial, redundant data bus connecting avionics, first adopted in 1973 and now used on aircraft, ships, satellites, and the International Space Station.

MIL-STD-810

MIL-STD-810, titled Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests, is a US Department of Defense standard of laboratory test methods for environmental stresses on military equipment.

Mila (research institute)

Mila, formally the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute and also known as the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, is a Montreal research institute founded by Yoshua Bengio in 1993.

Milad Abolhasani

Milad Abolhasani is a chemical and biomolecular engineer at North Carolina State University, known for building self-driving fluidic laboratories that combine robotics, flow chemistry, and artificial intelligence to discover materials.

MILAN

MILAN, French for Missile d'Infanterie léger antichar, is a Franco-German wire-guided anti-tank missile accepted for service in 1972 and widely used by NATO armies during the Cold War.

Milan Area C

Milan Area C is a congestion charge zone in central Milan, Italy, launched in January 2012, requiring most vehicles to pay a fee to enter the city center.