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Friday, May 22, 2009

Mi-38 helicopter to be delayed at least 2 years
Political pressure from the United States is causing a two-year delay of the Mi-38 medium-lift utility helicopter program.

This is because Washington is opposed to the license production of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127.

This forced Russian Helicopters to switch to the locally produced TV-7-117 engines.

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