Rotorcraft
New Russian helicopters designs to offset decline in shipments
The constantly evolving Mi-8/17 family of helicopters accounted for more than half of all shipments in the past several years.
Russian Helicopters Mi-26s perform a ceremonial fly-over at this 2015 Moscow parade. The aircraft is manufactured by the group’s Rostvertol subsidiary, which is marking its 75th anniversary.
Russian Helicopters Mi-26s perform a ceremonial fly-over at this 2015 Moscow parade. The aircraft is manufactured by the group’s Rostvertol subsidiary, which is marking its 75th anniversary.

Russian Helicopters’ backlog of firm orders was 585 rotorcraft valued at Rouble 490 billion (U.S.$9.8 billion at the then-current exchange rate), the manufacturer announced at HeliRussia 2015 held May 21 to 23 in Moscow. In 2014 the number of shipments stood at 271, compared to 275 in 2013; they were distributed almost equally to local and foreign customers in 11 countries. By number of deliveries, Russian Helicopters is second only to Airbus Helicopters (471 in 2014). It is set to deliver 244 helicopters this year.


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