The Mikoyan MiG SVB (Cyrillic: Микоян МиГ СВБ) was a 1990s Russian project to develop a turboprop-powered regional airliner and cargo transport[1][2] for hot and high environments,[1][3] including operations at night and in all weather.
[4][5] The SVB was expected to have considerably lower operating costs than similar aircraft already in service, such as the Antonov An-32,[6] largely due to the type's newer and lower-power Klimov TV7-117S engines.
[6] "SVB" stood for Samolet Vysotnogo Bazirovaniya (Самолет Высотного Базирования) — "Aircraft for high-altitude bases" in Russian,[1][7] and the project was known internally at MiG as article 801 (изделие 801, izdeliye 801).
[11] In cargo configuration, the SVB was to be equipped with a loading ramp in its rear fuselage[1][4][8] and have an electric hoist fitted on tracks on the cabin ceiling.
This particular project originated with Fatidin R. Mukhamedov, who was head of MiG's Dushanbe office[14] and therefore familiar with the challenges of air transport in Tajikistan where airstrips were short, located at altitudes of up to 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), and where ambient temperatures could reach 40 °C (100 °F).