The Design Bureau named after A.I. Mikoyan has developed new two-seater training aircraft MiG-AT in 1996 in order to train the pilots for the fighters of fourth and fifth generation. Striving to reduce the weight of the aircraft and fuel consumption, the aircraft designers decided not to install arrow shaped wings. In the construction of the aircraft the composition materials were used. MiG-AT conducted its first flight on March 16th, 1996. Apart from Russian Air Force, the most probable buyer of MiG-AT is Indian Air Force.