Moscow. July 26. INTERFAX - More than a hundred Russian military helicopters will be delivered to customers at home and abroad this year, the head of the Russian Helicopters holding company, Andrey Boginsky, said.
"195 helicopters. Of these, 105 are military, for the domestic and foreign markets, and about 90 are civilian helicopters, "Boginsky said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper, answering a question about delivery plans in 2021.
According to him, 45 helicopters have already been delivered to customers in the first half of the year.
"Traditionally, the state defense order is the second half of the year, so we will start handing over cars from August, the bulk will be handed over in October-November, military exports are on schedule, "the head of Russian Helicopters said.
Boginsky noted that in 2020, the holding delivered 141 aircraft, in 2019 - 153, in 2017 - 197.
"According to financial indicators: in 2017, we received 27.5 billion rubles of profit, for 2018 - 27.4 billion rubles, for 2019 - 7 billion rubles and for 2020 - 12 billion rubles. But at the same time, the share of military products fell by more than 40% compared to 2017, both exports and state orders decreased," the general director of the holding said.
The Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec) is the only helicopter developer and manufacturer in Russia that has the capabilities to design, manufacture, test and maintain military and civilian helicopters.