India chooses Russian helicopters for VVIPs

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India has chosen Russian helicopters to transport the country's most important leaders, the Rostec state corporation said in a press release.
The Special Protection Group, which handles the security of the Indian prime minister, chose the Mi-17V-5 helicopter to transport Indian VVIPs. Of the 150 helicopters already delivered to India by Kazan Helicopter Plant (a subsidiary of Russian Helicopter company), 12 will be selected for escorting the most important politicians in India during the election season. This comes in the wake of Indian cancelling a corruption-ridden deal for helicopters from AgustaWestland.
Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters that are currently used to transport high ranking officials were bought back in the Soviet era. It is expected that they will be decommissioned in February and converted into Mi-17V-5 models. The helicopter renovations should be completed before the start of India's 2014 parliamentary elections.
Eight helicopters from the new batch were chosen to transport senior government officials and four were assigned to the Special Protection Group. The helicopters feature evacuation systems and an anti-missile defence. All of the aircraft will be assigned to the government's communication squadron, which is part of the Indian Air Force's central command at Palam Airbase.
India has been satisfied with its cooperation with Russia regarding the Mi-17 helicopter deliveries. Indian Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne stated that the pilots are pleased with the Mi-17V-5, which has been used by the Indian Air Force since 2012.
Vadim Ligai, General Director of Kazan Helicopter Plant, said the Indian Mi-17V-5s are "fairly complex helicopters. Their development process certainly wasn't easy." For example, they are not equipped with analog instruments, but have displays that are all grouped together in a 'glass cockpit.'
By the end of 2014, Radio Electronic Technologies (KRET), which is part of the Rostec state corporation, will provide Russian Helicopters with 76 sets of high-tech avionics including KNEI-8 navigation and electronic instrumentation developed by Ryazan State Instrument Plant, which is part of KRET.
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), 12 will be selected for escorting the most important politicians in India during the election season. It is expected that they will be decommissioned in February and converted into Mi-17V-5 models. The helicopter renovations should be completed before the start of India's 2014 parliamentary elections.

This is what we call lightening speed of Modernization and induction ..They only do these things are all for Politics does any military assignment completed such short time
 

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One of the brand new version crashed and kill its crew in utrakhand rescue ..

Proven indeed ..
Saar you are making a very unfortunate comparison here...that was extreme flying at very adverse weather conditions during monsoon in the himalayas with limited time intervals between operations. Given the situation can't really blame the aircraft....the fact that the dhruv performed better only means it is a good engineered helicopter...not that the mi-17 v5 is a bad copter..
 

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self delete- wrong conclusion
 
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It is important to remind others about nothing is life proof ..

Saar you are making a very unfortunate comparison here...that was extreme flying at very adverse weather conditions during monsoon in the himalayas with limited time intervals between operations. Given the situation can't really blame the aircraft....the fact that the dhruv performed better only means it is a good engineered helicopter...not that the mi-17 v5 is a bad copter..
 

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good chopper, proven in indian forces......maybe in the future can be replaced in the long run by any indigenous chopper that we develop then..........
 

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