Russian promising high-speed helicopter is being developed as in the classic version with a crew on board, as well as unmanned, reports to TASS a message from Pavel Shchavelev, head of the Research Institute of Airborne Radioelectronic Equipment and Aviation Weapons of the Central Research Institute of the Air Force of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The helicopter of the future will be in two versions: this is a classic version with a pilot, crew on board and unmanned helicopter systems, which will interact with manned complexes, who will also act in the interests of the Ground Forces, said Shchavelev on the air of the Zvezda channel.
Earlier, the CEO of Rostec Corporation Sergey Chemezov told the agency, that a prototype of a promising high-speed combat helicopter, developed by Russian Helicopters holding (It enters Rostec) in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, will make its first flight in 2019 year.
According to him, the maximum speed of the new machine will exceed 400 km / h.
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