The Board of Directors of Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has taken a decision to unite JSC ´Mil Moscow Helicopter plant´ and JSC ´Kamov´ to establish JSC ´National Helicopter Centre named after Mikhail Mil and Nikolay Kamov´ (NHC). National Helicopter Centre shall combine the potential of two helicopter design schools...
Read MoreOn Monday, 23rd September, the official handover of ten overhauled Mi-171Sh helicopters back to the Croatian Air Force took place at Pleso air base, near Zagreb. The ten-year maintenance was performed by the Aviation Technical Centre (ATC), with the Russian Helicopters holding being the main partner. Two weeks ago, when the Croatian Mi-171Sh...
Read MoreEffective on 26th September 2019, all aeroplanes belonging to the XA41 and XA42 family are prohibited from performing aerobatic manoeuvres, following the Emergency Airworthiness Directive of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In the beginning of 2018, during a scheduled maintenance inspection of XA42 aerobatic aeroplane, the crack on one of the diagonal...
Read MoreThe International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS in Zhukovsky is widely recognized as the presentation of the flagship products of the Russian aviation industry. Especially the presentation of the Russian military aviation is a matter of interest for the international press and the aviation enthusiast, leaving in the shadow the exhibition related to General...
Read MoreThe very first serial Mi-38 helicopter made by the Kazan Helicopter Plant was presented two weeks ago at a static exposition of International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019. The helicopter also took part in the flight programme, flying with other civilian aircraft made by Russian Helicopters. The pre-production prototypes of Mi-38, used for the...
Read MoreThe new light multirole fighter developed by Mikoyan company, MiG-35, is among the intensive-advertised products of the Russian military industry. The fighter, still offering the so-called ´4++ generation´ capabilities, is significantly cheaper and less demanding on maintenance than the advanced Sukhoi fighter family (including Su-35 and Su-57) and therefore seems to create the considerable...
Read MoreDuring the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, VR-Technologies — innovation design office of the Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) — signed dealership agreements on promotion and sales of the light multipurpose helicopter VRT500 with a Malaysian company Ludev Aviation. It is planned to start the supplies in 2023. The...
Read MoreDuring the last week the aviation world was focused on International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019 organized in Zhukovsky, and the news from the show are now hovering in mass and social media, overshadowing other aviation-related events – maybe not so spectacular as MAKS was, but still worth noticing. Today, on 4th of September,...
Read MoreTwo days ago, on 7th August, the Bundeswehr (German federal armed forces) ceased all operational and training flights of the EC665 Tiger fleet. This decision was caused by the safety warning issued by Airbus Helicopters, that the titanium bolt used in Airbus helicopters may show unusual weakness and, in consequence, a break of this...
Read MoreOn August 3, 2019 the Russian Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter-B) made its first flight from one of the airfields under control of the Russian MoD (most probably Chkalov State Flight Test Centre at Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region). S-70 took off at 12:20 Moscow time and made several circles around the airfield at the altitude of...
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