Maiden Flight of Russia's High-Speed Helicopter Expected by 2025 - MoD

© Sputnik / Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankA Mi-38-2 (OP-3) cargo and passenger helicopter displayed at the HeliRussia 10th international helicopter expo at the Crocus Expo international exhibition center in Moscow.
A Mi-38-2 (OP-3) cargo and passenger helicopter displayed at the HeliRussia 10th international helicopter expo at the Crocus Expo international exhibition center in Moscow. - Sputnik International
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The first flight of Russia's new high-speed helicopter is expected to take place until 2025, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) —  The 10th HeliRussia exhibition, the country's annual international helicopter industry event opened at Moscow's Crocus Expo center on May 25.

The exhibition is touted by experts as a venue to promote a spate of sophisticated Russian helicopters, including the Ka-62, Ka-226 and Mi-38.

"We have plans for a new state armament procurement program for 2018-2025. These plans include scientific research work with the transition to the design stage, and at the end of this period we are planning to carry out a maiden flight of this high-speed helicopter," Borisov told reporters on the sidelines of the HeliRussia-2017 exhibition.

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