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May 1, 2008
Industry Reunion
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES Looking back at 2007, one can’t help being impressed by the scale of events aimed at shaping the future of the Russian helicopter industry. After consolidating all design and manufacturing assets under Helicopters of Russia holding, the Industry and Energy Ministry came up with a program outlining production development for the next seven years. According to it, Russia should...
February 1, 2008
Eye on Russia: Hints of Change
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES When one envisions Russia, an image of a helicopter must come to mind. If it is not the first thing that does, a helicopter certainly is in the top 10, straight after "vast land" and "bad roads." Deteriorating regional airport infrastructure, which impedes airplane operations within 600 km (325 nm) of Moscow – exactly where the growing number of industrial...
October 1, 2007
Eye on Russia: Rebirth of an Industry
THOSE WHO VISITED THE MOSCOW International Aviation and Space Salon in previous years could not have missed a striking difference in the way the show looked this time. Two large, uniform-looking pavilions housed the joint exposition of the United Aircraft Corp. Another hangar was dedicated solely to Oboronprom Corp. All foreign exhibitors enjoyed each other’s company in a separate building. Half of...
July 1, 2007
Eye on Russia: The Road to Success
RUSSIA’S IMMENSE DEMAND FOR light helicopters nearly has become common knowledge. However, as years pass, two Russian manufacturers of new-design, light rotorcraft are still struggling to find domestic customers for their products. Commercial operators prefer paying the higher operational costs of running their Mil Mi-8s for missions normally carried out by lighter aircraft to going to the trouble of...