The defensive aids
suit will be capable of shielding helicopters from any existing or future air
defense weapons produced abroad, according to Russia's Defense Ministry.
MOSCOW, June 26.
/TASS/. The Mi-26 (NATO reporting name: Halo) heavy-lift helicopter furnished
with the Vitebsk defensive aids suit has been delivered to the State Flight
Testing Center of Russia’s Defense Ministry in Akhtubinsk for trials, the Mil
Helicopter Plant said in its annual report on Tuesday.
"For the purpose
of raising the combat survivability of Mi-26 helicopters and considering the
positive results of the defensive aids suit held earlier, and also in view of
the upgrade of the Vitebsk defensive aids suit by way of replacing the gas
laser with the solid-propellant version, the Defense Ministry of Russia has
made a decision … on the procedure of arranging work for equipping
serial-produced Mi-26 helicopters with the Vitebsk defensive aids suits,"
the annual report says.
"In 2017, the
following work was carried out: the Mi-26 helicopter furnished with the Vitebsk
defensive aids suit was transferred to military unit 15650 [the State Flight
Testing Center of Russia’s Defense Ministry] for control flight tests,"
the document says.
As Russia’s Defense
Ministry reported earlier, the defensive aids suit will be capable of shielding
helicopters from any existing or future air defense weapons produced abroad.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-06-2018
