RUS ENG ESP Personal Area print version Home / Media / News feed / Upgraded MI-26T2V to complete preliminary tests this year Press releases news feed Exhibitions activity Russian Helicopters Magazine Press kit Multimedia Upgraded MI-26T2V will complete preliminary tests this year 12.10.2018 / RIA News Preliminary tests of the modernized heavy helicopter Mi-26T2V will be completed by the end of the year, after which the machine will begin to undergo joint state tests, the press service of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) told RIA Novosti. The Russian Helicopters holding expects to complete preliminary tests of the Mi-26T2V heavy helicopter and begin joint state tests of this aircraft by the end of this year, ”the company said. Earlier it was reported that serial deliveries of the helicopter are scheduled to begin in 2019. The first flight of the upgraded vehicle took place in August 2018. The new helicopter differs from the base model Mi-26 with its modern integrated avionics system, which greatly simplifies helicopter piloting. In addition, it allows automatic en-route flight, exit to a predetermined point, landing approach, as well as pre-landing maneuvering and return to the main or alternate aerodromes. In addition to this, the helicopter was equipped with a digital flight complex, and color liquid crystal multifunctional indicators appeared in the cockpit, which significantly reduced the workload on the flight crew. The Mi-26T2V received a new airborne defense system "Vitebsk", which not only detects the fact of a threat to the helicopter, but also counteracts attacking means with infrared homing heads. Preliminary tests are control tests of prototypes of products in order to confirm the characteristics and determine the possibility of their presentation for acceptance (state) tests. Back to news feed Holding magazine ... Oct 2018 Flip through Subscription to publications by E-mail Information disclosure: Interfax Investors. Information disclosure Financial and accounting reporting © 2018 JSC Russian Helicopters 115054, Moscow, Bolshaya Pionerskaya, 1 Website development

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