Serbian Defence Minister Alexander Vulin has visited "Rostvertol" plant of "Helicopters of Russia" holding of Roctec State Corporation during his working visit to Russia.
The Head of Defence Ministry had inspected the Mi-35M transport and combat helicopters manufactured by the Rostov plant for the Serbian Air Force under the contract signed with Rosoboronexport.
As part of his visit to the company, Alexander Vulin met with Rostvertol management and specialists of flight and engineering personnel being trained at the company.
In addition, the Defense Minister of got acquainted with the production sites for the assembly of Mi-35 helicopters.
Mi-35M is the world's only universal combat helicopter, which, among effective fire missions, is able to transport up to eight soldiers with weapons, up to 1,500 kg of ammunition or other cargo inside the cabin and up to 2,400 kg of cargo on external sling, evacuation of the wounded, delivery of technical staff to the autonomous bases.
Round-the-clock and all-weather combat use of the helicopter provides the ability to perform combat missions of air support units of the ground forces at any time of the day and in all weather conditions.
The helicopter has significant high-altitude characteristics with the ability to perform takeoffs and landings on concreted and unpaved landing sites located at altitudes up to 4,000 m above sea level.
In addition, the successful design solutions used in the Mi-35M, provide the possibility of using the Russian helicopter in a wide range of physical, geographical and climatic conditions.
