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ROSTEC MI-171A3 HELICOPTER

reduce its weight. Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter will meet
“The development of Mi-171A3 involves the latest international safety require-
Russian Helicopters holding company extensive co-operation between Rostec's ments, including the international IOGP
(part of Rostec State Corporation) has enterprises. The nose part of the helicopter standard developed by oil companies for
offshore operation of helicopters.
started assembling the first prototype of and side panels from polymer composite
Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter. Equipment materials are manufactured at Progress “We have modernised our production
for assembling the fuselage was put into Arsenyev aviation company, the cargo bay process, allowing us to launch the assembly
line for the new Mi-171A3 offshore
operation at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant. floor is manufactured by Kazan Helicopters. helicopter.
Mi-171A3 comes with several significant “The new modification was designed for “The equipment for the new helicopter
upgrades when compared to Mi-171A2: a offshore operations in oil and gas enterpris- was manufactured and installed using
new airframe that integrates a crash-re- es, so it meets the strictest requirements in co-ordinate-measuring machines and laser
sistant fuel system into the cargo bay the field of flight safety and air navigation. trackers, which will significantly increase
floor and modernised avionics, upgraded “We plan to obtain a type certificate the quality and accuracy of the assembly.
for offshore operations and flights in the and start serial production in 2022,” said We are planning to present the first
Arctic. industrial director aviation cluster of prototype at the MAKS-2021 air show,”
The model also features widespread use the Rostec State Corporation, Anatoly said director general Russian Helicopters
of composite materials, which significantly Serdyukov. holding company Andrey Boginsky. Q

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