The first flight of the new transport and assault helicopters Mi-38T is scheduled for November of this year,, said Deputy General Director of the holding “Russian Helicopters” Sales of military helicopters Vladislav Savelyev, TASS reports.
According to the holding, the new generation Mi-38T transport and landing helicopter has already been prepared for its first flight and the helicopter's creators expect to take it into the air in November this year. earlier it was reported, what is the first helicopter, made for the military, will rise to the sky in May 2018 of the year, and by the end of the year, it was planned to transfer the first helicopter to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Then the timing of the transfer of the helicopter to the military was shifted to the right by 2019 year. In March 2018 Aggregate assembly of the first serial Mi-38T helicopter began at the Kazan Helicopter Plant.
Recall, that the Mi-38T is a military version of the Mi-38. It occupies a niche between the Mi-8 and the heavy Mi-26. All units and components in the Mi-38T – Russian production, provision is made for the installation of communications equipment for military needs and additional fuel tanks to increase the flight range. The helicopter is equipped with new highly efficient domestic-made TV7-117V engines and integrated digital flight control.- navigation complex. Can be used to transport goods and passengers, used as a search and rescue helicopter, as well as for flights over the water surface
