Russian-Vietnamese JV Helitecho looks at Mi-8 repair options

Russian-Vietnamese JV Helitecho looks at Mi-8 repair options

17-Feb-2016 Source: Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, continues to develop cooperation with Vietnam in the field of helicopter maintenance and repairs. The company is reviewing options to conduct the Mi-8/17 military helicopters repairs at the joint Russo-Vietnamese venture HELITECHO.

Plans to develop an after-sales system for Russian-made military helicopters in Vietnam were addressed during the 17th conference of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee for Military Technical Cooperation, which was held late in 2015.

Now, Russian Helicopters will perform a scheduled technical audit of the joint Russo-Vietnamese repair venture HELITECHO to check its compliance with requirements to perform maintenance and repairs of the Mi-8/17 helicopters. “In case of a positive result, the repairs of Russian-made civil helicopters in Vietnam will be continued,” said Igor Chechikov, Russian Helicopter’s deputy CEO for aftersales service. “In addition, as part of our partnership, we will consider the possibility to organize repairs of the Mi-8/17 military helicopters operated by the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam at HELITECHCO. It would involve reequipping the enterprise and additional training of specialists.”

Russo-Vietnamese helicopter repairing company HELITECHCO was founded in 1994. Since then the company has repaired more than 80 civil helicopters belonging to government and commercial operators in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Today, HELITECHCO is the only aviation repairing company in Southeast Asia supervised by the builder of the legendary Mi- series – Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters.

In addition to cooperation in repairs of military helicopters, the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam showed interest in Ansat helicopters for training purposes.

As part of the bilateral dialogue, HELITECHCO is planning to participate in the Singapore Airshow 2016, February 16 to 21. HELITECHCO will be featured at the Russian Helicopters pavilion and will perform joint cobranding actions as part of the expo.

Russian Helicopters, (part of State Corporation Rostec), is one of the global leaders in helicopter production and the only helicopter design and production powerhouse in Russia. Russian Helicopters was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Moscow. The company comprises five helicopter production facilities, two design bureaus, a spare parts production and repair facility, as well as an aftersale service branch responsible for maintenance and repair in Russia and all over the world. Its helicopters are popular among Russian ministries and state authorities (Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Emergency Control Ministry), operators (Gazpromavia, UTair), major Russian corporations. In 2014 its IFRS revenues increased 22,8% to RUB 169,8 billion. Deliveries reached 271 helicopters.

State Corporation Rostec is a Russian corporation founded in 2007 for the purpose of promoting the development, production and export of hi-tech civilian and military industry products. It comprises 700 organisations, nine of which have now been formed as holding companies of the military-industrial complex, five of them are involved in civil industries and 22 are directly controlled. Rostec’s portfolio includes recognised brands such as Avtovaz, Kamaz, Russian Helicopters, and VSMPO-AVISMA. Rostec’s organisations are located in 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and supply their products to the markets of more than 70 countries. The revenue of Rostec in 2014 amounted to RUB 964.5 billion. The tax deductions into the treasuries at all levels exceeded RUB 147.8 billion.

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