In Russia, the production of the modification of the heavy helicopter will begin. The mass production permit Mi-26T2B will be issued until the end of 2021. About this, General Director of the Holding “Helicopters of Russia” State Corporation “Rostech” Andrei Boginsky spoke in an interview with TASS.
“Now we are in the final stage of obtaining the LEER” O1 “on the basic version of the helicopter, there are not so many flights to complete the flight tests of the Mi-26T2B. We expect that by the end of the year we will do these flights and get the Literature” O1 “. The first deliveries in the Russian troops of the Mi-26T2V helicopters were already carried out, “said Boginsky, responding to the question of the beginning of the serial production of the helicopter.
The head of the “helicopters of Russia” stressed that Mi-26T2B is modernization, not a new machine. The helicopter is designed to solve problems in the development of the Arctic. New modification received special equipment.
Previously, Defence IQ analysts amounted to the rating of the most common helicopters. Mi-8 and Mi-17 families became the second most popular in the world. Military transport helicopters occupy 14 percent of the world helicopter fleet.
In October in Rostech, they declared preparations for the tests of the Mi-171A2 helicopter in the conditions of mountainous terrain. Tests scheduled for 2022.