India Could Order Additional 48 Russian Helicopters in Near Future

[$@rJen]

India Could Order Additional 48 Russian Helicopters in Near Future

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
By: SPUTNIK News

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India could order 48 Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters in the near future, in addition to the the recently fulfilled contract for the same choppers, the Russian state technology company Rostec said in a statement Tuesday.

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Earlier in the day, Rostec's subsidiary Russian Helicopters delivered the final batch of 151 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to India under previously concluded contracts.

"In the near future, the Indian Air Force is planning to order an additional 48 Mi-17V-5 helicopters for flights in different conditions, either in deserts or in the mountains," the statement reads.

Russia and India have enjoyed mutually beneficial strategic relations, especially in the field of defense and military cooperation, since the 1960s. Russia is among India’s foremost weapons suppliers. Moscow and New Delhi have a number of joint products, including in the sphere of helicopter production.

 

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Russia delivers all of the 151 Mi-17V-5 helicopters ordered by India

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
By: UPI

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Russian Helicopters, part of the Russian state-owned Rostec Corporation, has completed its deliveries of Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters to India.

India's order comprised 151 Mi-17V-5 helicopters, which were produced by JSC Kazan Helicopters, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters. Russian Helicopters CEO Alexander Mikheev says India is one of the company's key markets for helicopters.

"Today, this country uses more than 400 helicopters, which have proved themselves well," Mikheev said in a statement. "We produce high-tech multirole helicopters capable of solving the most difficult tasks anywhere in the world."

The Mi-17V-5 is the military transport variant of the Mi-8/17 family of helicopters. The aircraft is designed to transport troops, arms and supporting equipment through desert and mountainous terrains.

The aircraft delivered to the Indian Air Force feature a KNEI-8 avionics suite, which replaced previous systems indicators with the goal of reducing the pilot's workload while in flight. The suite also cuts pre-flight inspection time by displaying all systems data to the crew before takeoff.

The delivery comes as The Indian Air Force plans to order an additional 48 of the helicopters.

 

[T-72M1]

good, we need to reboot ties with Russia, hope to see some more big acquisitions.

 

[Roybot]

I doubt we are gonna stop at just 48 more.

 

[vayuputhra]

India needs a minimum of 500 of these birds, wish our govt sees the future and take apropreate measures, these birds are a bang for the buck, nice to have them, any info on MI26 beasts are they going to be grounded for ever?