Helicopter Production Group
Consolidation of Russias helicopter manufacturing sector
Oboronprom Corporation has completed the task assigned to it by the State to establish an integrated structure for helicopter manufacturing (Presidential decrees of November 29, 2004 and August 11, 2007, and Government resolutions of May 6, 2005 and September 22, 2007).
In the framework of cardinal changes to the management of the holding, aimed at the centralization of management functions, OJSC Russian Helicopters, a fully-owned subsidiary of Oboronprom Corporation, will become the managing company of all enterprises of the integrated group.
This will ensure consistent policy on production, marketing, sales and servicing, and lays the ground for the transformation of the holding into a unified corporation.
Russian Helicopters is the leading Russian designer and manufacturer of helicopters for civilian and defence markets. The company includes design bureaus, series production plants and allied industries to produce the full spectrum of helicopters of all types and versions.
Russian Helicopters is a full-cycle production company that encompasses all technological components:
- Helicopter design facilities: the Mil and Kamov design bureaus and the Kazan Helicopter Plant;
- Series production facilities and producers of helicopter equipment: Ulan Ude Aviation Plant, Kazan Helicopter Plant, Rosvertol, Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, Progress Arsenev Aviation Company;
- Allied industries: Vpered Moscow Machinebuilding Plant, Stupino Machinebuilding Plant;
- Production of helicopter trainers: RET Kronstadt
- Helicopter repair: Novosibirsk Aircraft Overhaul Plant;
- Servicing: Helicopter Service Company, Servicing centres abroad.
The holding includes:
Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant: a research and production complex, designer of the Mi brand of helicopter, a world leader in helicopter manufacturing. Mil makes all types and classes of helicopters: light, medium, and a unique class of heavy aircraft; narrowly specialized and multi-role; land and ship-borne, etc. More than one dozen basic helicopter models were designed and produced at the plant over the course of sixty years, each of which was produced in several versions (a total of over 200 designs).
Kamov (Moscow) is one of the leading helicopter design bureaus, and the only maker of co-axial rotor helicopters. Kamov is engaged in the development and manufacturing of all types of Ka helicopters for the navy, land forces and civilian applications.
Ulan Ude Aviation Plant (Ulan Ude, Republic of Buryatiya): the only enterprise in Russia that produces both fixed-wing (Su-25 and its export version Su-39) and rotary-wing (Mi-171) aircraft.
Kazan Helicopter Plant (Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan): one of the largest Russian manufacturers of medium helicopters, produces the Mi-8/Mi-17. In 2004 the plant began to produce the light multi-role Ansat helicopter, which was designed in-house. The plant also plans production of the Mi-38.
Rosvertol (Rostov on the Don): a series producer of the latest versions of the Mi-26T, the helicopter with the most powerful load lift in the world, and the Mi-24 (Mi-35) multi-role military transport helicopter and its modifications. The plant has begun series production of the Mi-28N(E) combat helicopter, chosen by the Russian Ministry of Defence as the main attack helicopter of the Air Force.
Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise (Kumertau, Republic of Bashkortostan): Produces the Ka brand of helicopter along with full after-sales service.
N. I. Sazykin Arsenev Aviation Company Progress (Arsenev, Primorskiy Krai): specializes in the production of the Ka-50 and Ka- 52 combat helicopters, the Mi-34 light helicopter and the repair of the Mi-24 helicopter.
Moscow Vpered Machinebuilding Plant (Moscow): produces anti-torque rotors and blades for Mi helicopters.
Stupino Machinebuilding Plant (Stupino, Moscow Oblast): produces aggregate drive connections for helicopter rotors.
Novosibirsk Aircraft Overhaul Plant (Novosibirsk): one of the largest Russian facilities for the repair and warranty or post-warranty servicing of Mi helicopter equipment.
RET Kronstadt (Moscow): a leading Russian enterprise for the development and production of aircraft navigation equipment, specialized steering systems, training systems and other equipment.
Helicopter Service Company (Moscow) (formerly called OJSC Kamov-Holding): a fully owned subsidiary of Oboronprom. Provides sales services and after-sales support for Mil and Kamov equipment, including marketing and sales of civilian helicopters on domestic and foreign markets, configuration, integrated service maintenance and repairs.
A comprehensive program to develop Russias helicopter manufacturing sector
For the first time in the post-Soviet period, Russia has developed a comprehensive, medium-term strategy for helicopters: the State program for the development of the helicopter-manufacturing sector to the year 2015.
The program projects three-fold productivity growth for helicopter sector enterprises, with annual output increasing to 500 helicopters, capturing at least 15% of the global market and driving the volume of helicopter equipment sales up to $17 billion.
Growth of domestic demand
Domestic demand for helicopter equipment has begun to grow for the first time in the post-Soviet period. Helicopters are now being procured by Russian ministries and agencies (the Federal Security Service, the Moscow branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations), airline companies (GazpromAvia, UTAir), and large Russian companies.
In 2007, the Russian Air Force acquired its first combat helicopters: the Mi-28N Nochnoy Okhotnik. The Rf-50 and Ka-52 helicopter are now in production.
Centralization of parts deliveries
Helicopter Service Company has been appointed the sole supplier of parts to the manufacturing plants of Russian Helicopters.
The key objective is to go beyond the mere sale of finished helicopters and to engage in the full life cycle of the product: from production to service and repair and finally dismantlement. Helicopter Service Company is mandated to deliver the entire spectrum of parts as requested by enterprises, and to act as a centralized distribution point for requests to repair and service helicopter equipment.
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