New Russian Helicopters to be unveiled at MAKS 2011

16 August, the first day of the milestone 10th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2011, will be marked as Russian Helicopters Day, dedicated to the Russian rotorcraft industry corporation that is a subsidiary of the United Industrial Corporation Oboronprom. Airshow visitors will see modern light Mi-34C1, Ka-226T, and Ansat, medium Ka-32A11BC, the new modernised ultra-heavy Mi-26T2, and the attack Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-28NE Night Hunter, and other rotorcraft at the static display and in the sky above the exposition. A joint Russian Helicopters and UIC Oboronprom press-conference will be held at 11:00 a.m. in Conference Hall C3 on this day. New projects will be discussed and contracts announced. Pavilion C3 will also house business events, while the airfield will become the stage for a civil and military helicopter airshow. “Russian Helicopters have finalised industry consolidation in 2010 and is now demonstating the entire lineup of Russian-made rotorcraft,” Russian Helicopters CEO Dmitry Petrov said. “The new Mi-34C1, Mi-38, Ka-226T are in their final stages; a number of rotorcraft are being modernised. Over the two years that passed since the last MAKS we have made great progress in creating a modern global multi-stage aftersale support network. Service centres have been opened in the CIS, India, China, South America, and other regions, and work on new ones is continuing.”