Rotorcraft
Russian Mi-26T2V Completes Preliminary Flight Tests
Upgraded variant of Mi-26 features improved avionics, communications, and defensive systems.
Russian Helicopters recently made the first flight of the heavy-lift Mi-26T2V.
Russian Helicopters recently made the first flight of the heavy-lift Mi-26T2V.

Russian Helicopters has successfully completed preliminary flight tests of the Mi-26T2V heavy-lift helicopter. The eight-blade Mi-26 has been in production since 1980, can carry a payload of up to 44,000 pounds, and still holds the record for the heaviest mass lifted by a helicopter—125,153.8 pounds. More than 300 have been produced.