Russian Helicopters plans first repairs of military helicopters in Vietnam
2016/02/16
Russian Helicopters Press Release
Russia Mi-8 / Mi-17 Helicopter
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, continues to develop cooperation with Vietnam in the field of helicopter maintenance and repairs. The company is reviewing options to conduct the Mi-8/17 military helicopters repairs at the joint Russo-Vietnamese venture
HELITECHO.
Plans to develop an after-sales system for Russian-made military helicopters in Vietnam were addressed during the 17th conference of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee for Military Technical Cooperation, which was held late in 2015.
Now, Russian Helicopters will perform a scheduled technical audit of the joint Russo-Vietnamese repair venture HELITECHO to check its compliance with requirements to perform maintenance and repairs of the
Mi-8/17 helicopters.
“In case of a positive result, the repairs of Russian-made civil helicopters in Vietnam will be continued,” said Igor Chechikov, Russian Helicopter’s deputy CEO for aftersales service.
“In addition, as part of our partnership, we will consider the possibility to organize repairs of the Mi-8/17 military helicopters operated by the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam at HELITECHCO. It would involve reequipping the enterprise and additional training of specialists.”
Russo-Vietnamese helicopter repairing company HELITECHCO was founded in 1994. Since then the company has repaired more than 80 civil helicopters belonging to government and commercial operators in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Today, HELITECHCO is the only aviation repairing company in Southeast Asia supervised by the builder of the legendary Mi- series, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters.
In addition to cooperation in repairs of military helicopters, the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam showed interest in Ansat helicopters for training purposes. As part of the bilateral dialogue, HELITECHCO is planning to participate in the Singapore Airshow 2016, February 16 to 21.
HELITECHCO will be featured at the Russian Helicopters pavilion and will perform joint cobranding actions as part of the expo.
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Southern Vietnam border defense force receives modern patrol boat
Tuoi Tre News
Updated : 02/17/2016 10:22 GMT + 7
BP 20 19-01 returning to shore after a test run at sea
A modern blue-water patrol and rescue boat was handed over on Tuesday by the Ministry of Defense to the Border Command of Kien Giang, a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.
The ceremony took place at Phao Dai Border Post in the town of Ha Tien, Kien Giang, the westernmost region of southern Vietnam bordering Cambodia to the west and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
The boat, code-named BP 20 19-01, is said to be the most modern of its kind to be given to the Border Command of Kien Giang and carries a high-velocity
water canon designed for firefighting operations or the protection of Vietnamese waters against foreign trespassers.
The boat started to be built in 2012 in the northern province of Hai Phong along with a batch of similar patrol boats.
The boat, which is 30m long and 6.7m wide, has a surface height of 3.6m, a waterline of 2m and maximum displacement of
160 tons, is made of
hardened steel and boasts a total power of 3,822HP.
The vessel is equipped with an electronic-hydraulic maneuvering system with the option of manual or automatic maneuvering, together with state-of-the-art technology including depth sounders, tachometers, a satellite positioning system, a weather map receiver, and an automatic fire alarm.
A firefighting system using carbon dioxide as well as an emergency room are also integrated into the boat’s design. BP 20 19-01 can operate in big waves reaching level 8 and can simultaneously carry out rescue missions for multiple ships in distress.
Alongside maritime rescue operations, the advanced vessel can also cooperate with other forces in protecting Vietnam’s national sovereignty at sea.