26.05.2015
Source, Sputnik News Designed in 2008, the Ka-226T is the advanced modification of the Ka-226 multirole helicopter. The helicopter has a takeoff mass of 3.6 tons and a maximum speed of 250 kmh. The Russian and Indian Defense Ministries are interested in purchasing the helicopter. The serial production of the new Ka-226T multirole light helicopter…
11.04.2015
Source: Russian Helicopters Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and a delegation from Indonesia headed by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Sofyan Djalil visited Kazan Helicopters, a Russian Helicopters company (part of State Corporation Rostec), on 9 April. The delegation was met by Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and…
14.11.2014
Take-off Magazine, Russia: The first flight of the fourth flying prototype of the advanced Mil Mi-38 medium transport helicopter took place in Kazan, at the airfield of Kazan Helicopters, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding company, on 16 October 2014. The fourth prototype (OP-4) with side number 38014 was made in the Mi-38-2 variant…
Take-off Magazine, Russia: The Russian Helicopters holding company’s subsidiary Rostvertol, which marked its 75th anniversary on 1 July this year, continues full-rate production of the world’s most capable heavy-lift helicopters – the Mi-26 and Mi-26T/TC – and has launched manufacturing of the upgraded Mi-26T2. A strong impetus to ramping up the output of Mi-26 family…
Take-off Magazine, Russia: The kickoff of the flight tests of the advanced Kamov Ka-62 medium multirole helicopter will become an event of the year. The helicopter is being developed by Kamov and manufactured by the Arsenyevbased Progress aircraft company named after N.I. Sazykin (both companies are Russian Helicopters subsidiaries). Two first examples of the future…
Take-off Magazine, Russia: Late August 2014 saw the beginning of the flight tests of the first prototype of the heavily upgraded Mi-171A2 (OP-1) helicopter at the flight test facility in Tomilino, Moscow Region, operated by the Mil Helicopter Plant, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding company. The Russian Helicopters management approved the Mi-8/17 heavy…
1.10.2014
23.09.2014/Moscow Source: Russian Helicopters Russian Helicopters and Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), both part of State Corporation Rostec, have started testing the Mi-171A2 helicopter kitted out with the KBO-17 on-board avionics suite. Hovering tests will take places at the National Helicopter Building Centre in the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant flight-test complex. KBO-17 avionics have been fitted…
19.08.2014
The Ansat is a light multi-purpose helicopter equally suited to civilian, military and medical use. With an average cost $1-1.5 million cheaper than its nearest equivalent, the flexible helicopter has already sparked interest abroad and has the potential to become hot property on international markets. Russia’s major helicopter exhibition, HeliRussia, was held on May 22-24….
14.08.2014
Russian Helicopters Press Release – Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, will showcase new and innovative models of helicopters at the Latin American exhibition and business aviation conference LABACE 2014 (Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition), to be held from August 12 to 14 in São Paulo, Brazil. Experts and…
