Russian Helicopters announced that Vladimir Artyakov was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors on 18 March. Mr Artyakov, who is also first deputy CEO of Rostec, has served as Chairman of the Board of Russian Helicopters since July 2013. “Russian Helicopters produced good financial and...

  The Sochi Olympics and Paralympics are over. Official delegations, athletes, visitors and the legions of volunteers said goodbye and headed home, the city tries to come back to its common life in a new upgraded environment. The same thing can be said about Sochi airport and ground handling companies which had an extremely busy period during the...

Russian Helicopters has built the 3,500th export version of the Mi-17 at Kazan Helicopters. The helicopter will be delivered to the Indian Armed Forces as part of a contract signed by Rosoboronexport in 2012. A contract for 80 military transport Mi-17V-5 helicopters was signed by Rosoboronexport in 2008, and all obligations have been met by...

Meridian Air Company expert group conducted the audit of the FlightSafety International Training Center, Paris in the framework of undertakings aimed at recognition and approval of the Center by Civil Aviation Authorities of Russian Federation. The audit set the goal to determine that the work of the Center is organized and managed in compliance...

Russian Helicopters is continuing to modernise its production capacity under the Federal Targeted Programme Developing the Military Industrial Complex in the Russian Federation 2011-2020. In this latest phase of modernisation, the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a Russian Helicopters company, is launching a programme to re-tool and upgrade its...

Russian Helicopters has delivered a Mi-8AMT helicopter (also known as the Mi-171 for the foreign markets) to the Russian company UTair Aviation. The delivery took place under a contract signed in 2011 between Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a Russian Helicopters company, and UTair Aviation. “UTair Aviation is a longstanding partner of Russian...

Rockwell Collins has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with St. Petersburg, Russia-based Transas Aviation—a division of Transas Group—to address forward-fit and retrofit avionics opportunities for Russian aircraft platforms. The combined strengths of Rockwell Collins and Transas Aviation, which provides aviation solutions for Russian...

Ка-62 helictopter with Transas integrated avionics on board has been presented to commercial operators of the Asia-Pacific region during Singapore Air Show 2014. Designed and manufactured by Russian Helicopters Holding Kamov Ka-62 features the modern "glass cockpit" developed by Transas. The Ка-62 airborne equipment is largely unified with...

Boeing has announced it will expand its flight and maintenance training capabilities in Russia with a new, state-of-the-art training campus. The new full-service training facility— set to open in 2015—will be located in the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow. Boeing will work in cooperation with Industrial Investors Group and their...