Russian Helicopters

The Philippines is close to deciding whether to purchase 16 Mil Mi-171 helicopters from Russia to meet a longstanding Philippine Air Force requirement to acquire new medium-heavy category helicopters

MOSCOW, (BM) - Russia’s latest Mi-28N attack helicopter surpasses its Mi-24 predecessor by its maneuverability, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting TASS. "This is a new breakthrough in modern rotorcraft-making. The layout has been well-designed. The helicopter’s maneuverability capabilities have been expanded almost by two times compared to…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) – According to an unnamed source engaged in the Russian aircraft industry, a new advanced onboard AI system is being tested on Russia's Mi-28N attack helicopters, which features capabilities to destroy targets pointed by the pilots without their participation, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. …

KAZAN, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Test pilots of the Mil Rotorcraft Factory of Russian Helicopters Group, which is part of the state-run corporation Rostec, conducted the debut flight of Russia’s new military transport helicopter Mi-38T. It was performed under the program of preliminary trials, reports a correspondent from the…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The speed of the current Russian fleet of combat helicopters is about to be boosted due to newly developed rotor blades based on advanced principles. The speed improvement comes as a result of the joint work of the member of the National Research Center “Zhukovsky Institute” - The Zhukovsky…

ZHUHAI, China, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The sole Russian rotorcraft designer and manufacturer, Russian Helicopters, is on its way to establish a maintenance centers for Mi-171 and Ka-32A11BC helicopters in China. This was reported by the press service of the Rostec Corporation’ subsidiary, after having talks on the topic with the Chinese company…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Last month, the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, hosted for the third time, the Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition, ADEX 2018. The third large-scale exposition of military equipment and armament in the region was held in the period from 25th to the 27th September at Baku Expo Centre, learned…

MOSCOW, Russia (BulgarianMilitary.com), July 6, 2018, Author: Bm Team, Photo credit: Russian Helicopters The preparation of the Ka-62 multirole helicopter for preliminary flight tests is on-going. Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company (Progress AAC), one of the construction plants of Russian Helicopters, is preparing the Ka-62 flight model, learned…

MOSCOW, Russia (BulgarianMilitary.com), June 29, 2018, Author: Bm Team, Photo credit: Janam Parikh The photo shows a Mi-17-1V helicopter of the Indian Air Force. This week Russian Helicopters announced that the company has delivered six repaired Mi-17-1Vs to the independent military unit in the Ministry of Home Affairs of India – the Indian…