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Batch production of Mi-26T2V helicopter to begin in 2022.


| 2021

The permission for batch production of the world’s heaviest Mi-26T2V military transport helicopter will be obtained by the yearend, Russian Helicopters CEO Andrey Boginsky told TASS.

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Batch production of Mi 26T2V helicopter to begin in 2022 Jordanian Mi-26T2 (Picture source: Air Recognition)


“We are now at the final stage of getting the O1 designation for the helicopter’s baseline configuration and there are a few flights remaining to wrap up Mi-26T2V flight tests. We expect to perform these flights by the end of the year and get the O1 code. We have already delivered the first batches of the Mi-26T2V helicopter to the Russian troops,” he said.

The upgraded Mi-26T2V helicopter performed its debut flight in August 2018. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said in March 2019 that the ministry would buy 10 helicopters.

The Mi-26T2V is a heavy large-fuselage military transport helicopter with a lifting capacity of 20 tons. The rotorcraft is outfitted with an integrated NPK90-2V avionics suite that provides for its operation day and night to fly in an automatic control mode, reach a preset point and perform approach maneuvers. The onboard defense protects Mi-22T2V from air defense fire. The upgraded helicopter has a crew of five.


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