On Friday, in the course of a single day of acceptance of military products, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, that in the second quarter 2018 , the Russian defense industry has put in more troops 600 new units of military and special equipment.
In particular, According to him, military handed 11 aircraft of various classes, 5 helicopters (Mi-8MTV-5, put ahead), 36 Radar various modifications and three ships, including reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs" and IRAs "Vishny Volochek".
Besides, Unit routinely prepared car and engineering equipment, aircraft weapon, ammunition and communications equipment.
The Minister said, that most modern types of weapons will be shown at the International Forum "Army 2018", where everyone can get acquainted with their technical and combat capabilities.
As for capital construction, in the first half of the year put into operation 1281 building and construction, what in 2 times more, over the same period 2017 of the year.
In turn, Director of the Kazan helicopter plant said Yuri Pustovgarov, that another batch of Mi-8 MTV-5-1 has already passed all tests provided by the contract and ready for transfer to the military department. he noted, that these machines installed a new system for creating clutter, and also provides space for the installation of onboard defense systems.
It is also reported, that the specialists of PJSC "VASO" and PAO "IL" started working off-board system of the first prototype of the Il-112V. Upon completion of these works, the aircraft will be transferred to "land of the frequency of tests and the series of detentions airfield".
