Ka-226T multi-role Helicopter
During President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to India, Elcom Systems Pvt. Ltd. India and Russian Helicopters holding entered into an agreement to set up a Joint Venture to assemble Russian Mil and Kamov helicopters in India beginning with the Ka-226T multi-role helicopter. Under a deal signed during Putin’s visit, Russia will supply India with 42 Sukhoi Su-30 combat aircraft and 71 Mil Mi-17 helicopters total worth $2.9 billion.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
India is now the world’s largest arms importer and Russian-made military equipment makes up some 70 per cent of India’s arms purchases. But Moscow has lost out on a number of deals to Western countries in recent years. Boeing was chosen last month by India over Russia’s Mil plant for a major helicopter contract. The two countries also signed a number of co-operation agreements in the defence and technology sectors during Putin’s one-day visit, his first to South-east Asia since his return to the Kremlin in May.
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