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Russian rotorcraft at the Eastern Economic Forum

9 September 2021 Jacek Domański

During the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) trade exhibition, held between 2nd and 4th September 2021 in Vladivostok, the latest projects being developed by the Russian Helicopters holding company were presented for the broad public. They […]

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The VRT500 development enters the new stage

22 November 2019 Jacek Domański

In one of our first articles, issued in April 2019, we brought you a short report from the Fuorisalone exhibition, being the part of the Milan Design Week. During this show, at the ItalDesign stand, […]

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Mi-38 debuting the international market at Dubai Air Show

20 November 2019 Jacek Domański

During the currently ongoing Dubai Airshow 2019, the Russian Helicopters company made the first foreign presentation of its newest Mi-38 civilian helicopter. The rotorcraft featuring a luxury-cabin variant, is not only a part of the […]

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New Russian VRT500 helicopters for Malaysia

8 September 2019 Jacek Domański

During 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 […]

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Russian Helicopters to start additive manufacturing of parts in 2020

18 July 2019 Jacek Domański

In 2019, Russian Helicopters Holding Company is planning to re-engineer approximately 30 different helicopter parts to be manufactured using 3D printing technology and integrate them to serial production starting from 2020. ´This year we are […]

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VRT500 helicopter presented at Milan Design Week

10 April 2019 Jacek Domański

The design bureau VR-Technologies, subsidiary of Rostec’s Russian Helicopters holding company, presented a mock-up of the light multi-purpose helicopter VRT500 at the Fuorisalone exhibition (part of the Milan Design Week, held April 8–14). The helicopter […]

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