Helicopters of Russia company presents new light helicopter model VRT500 in Italy

MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/. The VR-Technologies innovation design office of the holding company Helicopters of Russia has presented a new light helicopter model VRT500 at the Fuorisalone show in Milan, the holding company’s press-service said on Wednesday. "The design bureau VR-Technologies of the holding company Helicopters of Russia (an affiliate of Rostec) has presented a light multirole helicopter model VRT500 at the Fuorisalone show, being held within the framework of the Milan Design Week on April 8-14," the press-release runs. VR-Technologies CEO Alexander Okhonko said the helicopter will let the company "enter a market segment where it has not been represented yet." Specialists are now working on working specifications. An certification application will be filed at the European Aviation Safety Agency later this year. The first experimental sample my begin to be tested next year. The light multi-role coaxial rotor helicopter VRT500 has a takeoff mass of 1.6 tonnes. It can seat up to five people, develop a speed of 250 km/h and have fuel endurance of 860 kilometers. Read more