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20 Apr

Heritage Aviation adds with two H130 choppers in its fleet

New Delhi: Heritage Aviation today announced the addition of two new state-of-the-art Airbus Helicopters’ H130 aircraft in its fleet. These helicopters will strengthen the company’s position as a leader in passenger transportation missions including heli-pilgrimage, aerial work and VIP transportation missions in India. The two H130s will complement Heritage Aviation’s existing fleet of two H125 helicopters which were inducted in 2015 from Airbus Helicopters. Both the helicopters will be delivered with seven passenger seats and one of the aircraft will be fitted with cargo swing equipment to carry external load for aerial work missions. “The H130 allows great versatility to perform…

20 Feb

‘Ka-226T helicopter JV is being registered, production soon’

The joint venture between India and Russia for producing Kamaov Ka-226T light helicopters in India will open new vistas of defence cooperation between the two countries. The documentation for the JV is over and now formal registration of the JV by respective government bodies is awaited. Indian defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Russian Rosoboronexport and Russian Helicopters created the JV last year. The JV is formed on the basis of 50.5% share for India and 49.5% shares for Russia. Mr Viktor Kladov, head of International Cooperation, Rostec has said, “Since October 2016 the project has been moving full-steam-ahead. We have…

10 Feb

Rostec in AERO INDIA-2017, to conduct strategic negotiations

New Delhi: Rostec State Corporation will present the latest developments in aircraft technology, air defence and radio-electronic warfare at "Aero India 2017" international aerospace exhibition taking place in Bangalore (India) from 14 to 18 February. Rostec intends to conduct negotiations with strategic partners in the framework of executing current and negotiating new contracts. At "Aero India-2017" international aerospace exhibition over 300 samples of modern Russian military products will be presented. Over more than 900 square meters of the Russian exposition six production holdings of Rostec will present their technologies: Russian Helicopters, KRET, Technodinamika, UEC, Schwabe and Tecmash, as well as the…