Russia has always occupied a special place in the world helicopter. Demand for helicopters remains high, and in our country this kind of air transport is a must, given the vast expanses and challenging geographical conditions.
Currently, the key role played in the Russian helicopter industry holding company "Russian Helicopters", issuer 100% roar of military helicopters and 68% civil helicopters country. It is the "Helicopters of Russia" is the only supplier of military helicopters for the Armed Forces. But now, due to certain circumstances, Holding relies on an increase in the proportion of civilian cars in their products.
One of the main tasks, which today is facing a helicopter construction, It is to update the fleet. After all, is still the basis of all helicopters for civilian fleet of Soviet-made equipment more, which more than 30 years.
meanwhile, many large Russian companies, Helicopters are the main consumers of services, introduced a rule - to transport workers have cars not older than 25 years of age. So companies want to protect themselves from the risk of accidents, including the loss of human life.
It is the age of technology is one of the main problems of helicopter transport in Russia. for comparison: East Asian countries, the average age of the helicopters is 18 years, in Europe - 20 years, in Russia 60% helicopters over 25 years, a 20% – senior 35 years. The Russian holding company "Russian Helicopters" have set an ambitious task to solve the existing problems in a relatively short time. Need to say, while holding working-level: each year comes around 200-220 helicopters. This increases the demand for Russian helicopters abroad, including in the countries of East and South-East Asia.
With military helicopters little different situation. So, the bulk of the traditional buyers of Russian weapons have already re-equip its air force, ground troops, the formation of new police helicopters. In China, India, Algeria, Vietnam, some other countries, Russia is a traditional partner, while there is no particular need to buy new Russian-made military helicopters, so the export of military helicopters dropped significantly.
However, exports of helicopters and depends on the presence of the orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense to modernize the fleet of helicopters. After all, if the Russian army is upgrading its helicopter fleet, is about the same thinking and other countries. Now "Russian Helicopters" are actively working on the project a special helicopter "Lamprey" for the needs of the aviation of the Russian Navy. FROM 2005 g. issued Mi-28N, export version which comes with success 2014 year abroad. AT 2017 year received the first Russian VKS 8 Mi-28UB.
According to the "Russian Helicopters", the main development objectives of the military helicopter - an increase in air speed machines, increasing the range of lethal force, improvement of radar systems, allowing to determine the opponent's goal. clear, that on each of these areas will have a lot more work. As you can see, success helicopter rather ambitious, but the Russian industry is where and how to develop.
Ilya Polonsky
