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Russian Helicopters holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) takes part in the Russia-Africa Economic Forum being held on October 23-24, 2019 in Sochi. The Holding’s display located in the Manufacturing Industry area features an upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter, a civil multi-purpose Ansat in executive version, and a mobile service centre for repairing Mi-8/17 helicopters.

African countries operate more than 250 helicopters of the Mi-24/35 type. The Holding offers all its interested African partners upgraded Mi-35P helicopters with new engines, updated sighting and navigation, and an expanded armament system.

More than half of Soviet and Russian-made helicopters in Africa are aircraft of the world-famous Mi-8/17 family of various modifications. Container-type mobile service centres are designed to carry out major repairs of Mi-8/17 helicopters and their modifications at customers’ aviation bases. The centres can be deployed anywhere without a power source: they are equipped with their own diesel generator.

From the civilian line of Russian Helicopters, the Forum features the lightweight multi-purpose Ansat in executive version with a luxury cabin. It has one of the largest cabins in its class that can be used for cargo, passenger and medevac transportation, S&R operations, and patrols.

Based on information by Russian Helicopters, photo courtesy of Marina Lystseva

Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec Corporation) handed over two medevac Ansat helicopters manufactured by the Kazan Helicopters to the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK). They are intended to be used in the Russia’s air medical service development programme.

Ansat helicopters were delivered for further operation to the SKOL Airline. They will be engaged in the priority project “Ensuring Timeliness in Providing Emergency Medical Aid to Citizens Living in Hard-to-Access Areas of the Russian Federation”.

The light multipurpose Ansat helicopter was designed by the Kazan Helicopters Design Office. The twin-engine rotorcraft can be used for passenger and VIP transportation, cargo delivery, environmental monitoring, and as a medevac transport. In August 2019, the Federal Air Transport Agency certified an eightfold increase in the resource of the Ansat helicopter’s fuselage.

Ansat with a medical module has a number of serious competitive advantages over peers in its class. First of all, it is a lower cost of maintenance, training, and repairs. In addition, Ansat is certified for the operation at outdoor temperatures ranging from -45°С to +50°С. High-altitude tests of Ansat have also been completed to confirm that it can be operated in mountainous terrain at altitudes up to 3,500 metres.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters press service

A delegation from China visited the Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Corporation). The event took place during a working visit by Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Li Zhanshu to Tatarstan as part of his official visit to Russia. The delegation was accompanied by Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin.

The guests took a tour of the unit assembly department to see how the helicopters of the Mi-8/17, Mi-38 family and Ansat are being built. The delegation also visited the final assembly of helicopters. In addition, the company’s flight test facility launched a flight presentation of the Ansat helicopter, which participated in the demonstration tour of the Russian Helicopters Holding in the Southeast Asia countries.

The cooperation of the Kazan Helicopters with PRC began in the 1950s. Over the years, China acquired 186 medium-lift helicopters, including Mi-4, Mi-8, Mi-17, and Mi-17V-5. In addition, Mi-4 under the name of “Harbin Z-5” was produced under license from 1958 to 1979 at the Chinese plant No. 122, where a total of 545 helicopters were built. The full-scale production of these rotorcrafts was organised with the participation of experts from the Kazan Helicopters.

In autumn of 2018, the Russian Helicopters Holding signed a contract to supply 20 Ansat helicopters in the interests of the China Association of Disaster Medicine.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters press service

On September 4, 2019, the Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) marks the 79th anniversary since its founding.

In honour of this event, over 90 factory workers were awarded with certificates of appreciation and gratitude from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, the Rostec Corporation, the Russian Helicopters Holding, and the Federal Service for Military Technology Cooperation.

The birthday of the enterprise is considered to be September 4, 1940, when the Leningrad Aviation Plant No. 387 was established. With the outbreak of WWII, it was evacuated to Kazan and merged with the local factory of transport parts No. 169.  During the war, the plant manufactured about 11,000 Po-2 light night bombers.

The turning point in the plant’s history was the start of production of the first domestic mass-produced helicopter Mi-1 in 1951. But a company’s brand identity is the legendary Mi-8/17, one of the most numerous helicopters in the aviation history, which is produced even today and is operated in 92 countries throughout the world.

Since 1997, the Kazan Helicopters has been certified as a helicopter developer: serially produced Ansat light twin-engine helicopter recently marked 20 years since its first take-off on August 17, 1999.

Based on information by Russian Helicopters Holding

The Russian Helicopters holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) presented the concept of the upgraded Ansat light helicopter at the Paris Air Show 2019. A number of new design solutions and options are applied, which will be introduced into full-scale production in the coming years.

In particular, the Ansat presented at Le Bourget Airport is equipped with a “glass cabin”, a new package of avionics equipment that allows flights in accordance with instrument flight rules. The helicopter is also equipped with a weather radar, an enhanced ground proximity warning module, a wreck-resistant fuel system, LED lighting tools, and a wire cutter for wire strike protection.

It is planned that the Ansat fuselage will be partly made from composite materials which would help to reduce helicopter's weight and operation costs. The number of passengers will increase up to 8 persons and the range will expand by 30%.

The light multipurpose Ansat helicopter was designed by the Kazan Helicopters Design Office. The rotorcraft is equipped with two engines and can be used for passenger and VIP transportation, cargo delivery, environmental monitoring, and as a medevac transport. High-altitude tests of Ansat have been successfully completed, which confirmed that it can be operated in mountainous terrain at altitudes up to 3,500 metres.