This is the first
helicopter of this series manufactured specially for the Defense Ministry.
KAZAN, December 20.
/TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry has concluded a contract for two latest Mil
Mi-38T transport and troop landing helicopters, with the first rotorcraft to be
delivered in the summer of 2019, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko
said on Thursday.
"The helicopter
has bright future. It features excellent characteristics. We have already
contracted two helicopters and will get the first of them in the summer of next
year," the defense official told journalists during his visit to the Kazan
Helicopter Plant.
"And we will
undoubtedly consider serial deliveries to the troops upon the completion of all
the works," he said.
On the helicopter
factory’s premises, the defense official viewed the assembly of new
helicopters, the pace of R&D work and the fulfillment of the defense
procurement plan, and also visited the flight testing compound where the new
Mi-38T performed its demonstration flight.
This is the first
helicopter of this series manufactured specially for the Defense Ministry. The
helicopter made its debut flight in late November.
The Mi-38T (transport
and troop landing) is the military version of the certified civilian Mi-38.
The helicopter in its
military configuration is equipped with new highly efficient
domestically-produced TV-7-117V engines and an integrated digital pilot
navigation system.
Source: ITAR-TASS
21-12-2018
