Ukraine will not take part in creation of new Russian-Chinese helicopter

Ukrainian company Motor Sich will not participate in the creation of a Russian-Chinese helicopter, Yuri Tereschenko, head of Ukraine’s State Export Control, said, Sputnik reported.

Thus, Tereschenko refuted the claims by Alexander Mikheev, director of Russian Helicopters Corporation, who earlier on said that Motor Sich would be engaged in the project and the contract is planned to be signed in late-2015.

The roadmap has been signed and participants of the project have been assigned, Mikheev said.

He assessed the market for the new helicopter in 200 units.

Earlier it was reported that the joint engineering piece by Russian Helicopters and Chinese company Avicopter (AVIC).

The product is entitled Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) and will similar in its role to the Mi-26 heavy military and transportation helicopter. However, the newly designed helicopter will be more suitable for commercial usage.