"Klimov" planned mass production engines without Ukrainian parts for 2016-2017

The company "Klimov" will start serial production of engines for helicopters series Mi no details of the Ukrainian company "Motor Sich" in 2016-2017, said the head of the Department for industrial policy and innovation of St. Petersburg Maxim Meiksin.
"Speaking specifically about the localization of production of helicopter engines VK-2500, now the challenge is to mass production, up to 350 units in 2017. In 2014 Klimov collected the first 10 engines entirely of Russian components. For this reason we can say that the production of Russian engines is mastered, there is a question about the reduction of their cost, " said Meiksin news Agency.
"the program of import substitution helicopter engines, in addition to Klimov, is attended by two Moscow factory" SPC gas turbine construction "salute" and " MMP them. V. V. Chernyshev, "and the Ufa enterprise JSC "UMPO" and other companies", he added. First Executive Director of the organization "Klimov" Alexander Vatagin reported that the production with which she is working in the Ukraine, not closed ( "Motor-Sich" ), But the challenge in 2015 to master all the item that you bought there. He estimated that foreign-made components ranged from 5 to 50% depending on the engine type. Remember also, in June 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko forbade any military-technical cooperation with Russia. But even a month before the Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all it needs of the military-industrial complex must be on Russian territory. According to him, Russia should not self-reliance in this field, for this reason, the issue of import substitution is " the process right ", despite the additional expenses. JSC "Klimov" - a leading Russian developer of gas turbine engines for aviation. A part of United engine Corporation (JSC " UEC " ). Has its own design office, production and experimental bases.


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