BEIJING, May 16. Creation of Russian-Chinese heavy The helicopter is on schedule, the contract is in the process of execution, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov told reporters.
«From the point of view of all schedules, stages, everything is being followed. Everything is going according to schedule,» he said, answering a question about the Russian-Chinese heavy helicopter.
The contract for the development of the AC332 AHL heavy helicopter was signed by the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec) with the Chinese Avicopter in 2021. The Russian side must develop some of the units for it: a transmission, a tail rotor, an anti-icing system and resource pumping, as previously reported on the Kremlin website. It was noted that the implementation period of this large project is about 13 years.
Manturov is part of the delegation of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a state visit to China on May 16-17.