Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
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Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Russian: Московский вертолётный завод им. М. Л. Миля) is a Soviet, and later a Russian designer and producer of helicopters headquartered in Tomilino. It is a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters.[2]
The Moscow Mil Helicopter Plant includes a design bureau and an experimental production plant. The Mil Design Bureau is one of the world's leading developers of helicopters, with particular expertise in heavy-lift helicopters. It has developed both civil and military versions in a wide range of payload capacities, including the world's largest in serial production, the
Ninety-five percent of the helicopters in the former Soviet Union were built to Mil designs. Series production facilities for Mil-designed helicopters include
History
Mil was established in 1947 under the guidance of Mikhail Mil as the helicopter laboratory of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast.[4]
The
Mil merged with Kamov and Rostvertol to form Russian Helicopters in 2006.[5] The Mil brand name has been retained, although the new company eliminated overlapping product lines.
See also
References
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- ^ "MIL Moscow Helicopter Plant, Joint-Stock Company". Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c Vershinin, Alexander (31 August 2015). "The Moscow helicopter factory that put the 'Mil' in military aviation". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ Aviation Week 2005/12/05
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