Indian Defense Ministry is finalizing negotiations with Russia on purchase 48 Mi-17V-5, According TSAMTO.
according to information, 38 Machines of this party will be transferred to the Air Force, the rest - to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The estimated cost of the transaction - $1,1 billion.
The signing of the firm contract is expected during the visit of Vladimir Putin to India in October this year.
New military transport Mi-17V-5 will complement the fleet of 151 helicopter, that India has acquired previously. Of them 139 units were purchased in the armed version (for the Air Force) and 12 units without weapons (to MIA).
The first Mi-17-1B began arriving in India in the 1990s, (Total 90 units). They replaced the obsolete Mi-8 - the last of them scrapped late last year after 45 years of service.
AT 2008 the Defense Ministry of India has become even 80 Mi-17V-5. Their supplies were completed in 2016 year.
According to the resource, Mi-17V-5 is mainly used to support Army units, deployed along the Himalayan border with Pakistan and India, during operations against illegal armed groups, as well as for humanitarian missions.
purchase 48 machines has been approved by the Indian Government in 2015 year. However, in connection with the traditional Indian protracted negotiations on the cost of the conclusion of the intergovernmental agreement has been repeatedly postponed.
