Kazakhstan starting large-scale assembly of Mi-8/17 helicopters
By Trend
Kazakhstan will this year start large-scale assembly of Mi-8/17 helicopters at the Aircraft Repair Plant No. 405 JSC, the minister of defense and aerospace industry of Kazakhstan, Beibut Atamkulov said at a meeting of the Kazakh government.
"We plan to organize large-scale assembly of Mi-8/17 helicopters at the Aircraft Repair Plant in Almaty. This year we must start the first stage of the helicopter assembly," said Atamkulov.
The minister also stressed that the helicopters of this model are reliable and effective for several areas at once.
"This model has proven itself as very useful both for national economy and the armed forces of many countries," Atamkulov stressed, adding that Kazakhstan also plans to carry out major repairs of 14 military transport aircraft at the plant in 2018.
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