Production of Kamov helicopters for India to be done in 4 stages

Moscow, December 2 : The production of 200 Kamov lightweight multi-role military helicopters for India will be done in four stages to ensure the transfer of technology for its main components under the Indo-Russian joint venture, a senior official for the programme has said.
Under the Indo-Russia joint venture, 200 Kamov 226T helicopters will be produced out of which 60 will be supplied to India in fly-away condition. One hundred forty helicopters will be manufactured in India under a USD 1 billion deal inked in 2015.
“The project will be implemented on the basis of an inter-governmental agreement, under which the Russian side has taken the obligation to transfer technology and achievement of the highest possible level of localisation in the customer’s country,” Dmitriy Shvets, director of Kamov-226T programme said here.
“By that we mean that within the localisation there will be four stages for production from transferring technology to production of helicopters and its main components,” Shvets said. According to officials of Russian Helicopters, the first stage includes the delivery of assembled helicopters from Russia.