The Ministry for Strategic Industries of Ukraine has introduced that the Ukrainian protection trade achieved a major milestone this month as a part of an ongoing improve program and launches manufacturing of composite and metal rotor blades for Mil household helicopters.
Manufacturing has now begun of an all-new, technologically-advanced, most important rotor blades for Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters on the Motor Sich facility in Zaporizhzhia, in keeping with a press launch issued final week by the Ministry for Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
“…Flight assessments of composite blades for Mi-8 helicopters and metal blades for Mi-24 helicopters of Ukrainian manufacturing have begun on the Motor Sich testy facility,” stated Uruskyy Oleh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
He additionally added that it is a vital milestone for Ukraine, she joined the highest 5 world international locations succesful to supply rotor blades for heavy helicopters.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout a working journey to the Zaporizhzhia area additionally stated that Ukraine now produces its personal helicopter rotors, which have already been efficiently examined at Motor Sich.
“It is extremely symbolic for the independence of our nation, and it is vitally patriotic that we produce our fashionable Ukrainian rotors, which we now have been shopping for solely from Russia beforehand. At the moment there have been assessments of helicopters, they flew on Ukrainian rotors for the primary time,” stated Zelensky.