The Ministry of defence announced the reduction of dependence on Ukrainian details
Dependence on Ukrainian engines Russian helicopter manufacturers reduced, on the Klimov company organized complete Assembly, increasing production capacity, said Deputy defense Minister Yuri Borisov.
"Today we have on the Klimov company organized a complete Assembly of the VK-2500 engines, and increasing production capabilities, will increase the number of engines," said Borisov, answering the question, how is the replacement of imports of Ukrainian helicopter engines, reports news Agency. He noticed that the VK-2500 from Klimov are the main engines for helicopters Mi-8. They are, for example, are equipped with the Mi-8AMTSH-IN " Terminator ", purchased by the Ministry of defense of Russia. The first batch of these machines with the VK-2500 engines-03 and domestic subsidiary install TA-14 was prepared for war in the fall of 2014. First it was claimed that "Klimov" plans by 2018 to increase production capacity by almost half - from 350 to 600 engines a year.
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