A picture taken on November 29, 2017 shows a man as he approaches a Russian Kamov Ka-226 utility helicopter in a hangar of the Russian Helicopters holding company outside Moscow. “We are finalising the contract with the Indian defence ministry,” Russian Helicopters chief executive Andrei Boginsky told journalists visiting the site recently. Russian Helicopters sees China and Iran as potential markets for the Ka-266T. The Russian military also flies an earlier versions of the Ka-226, dubbed the Hoodlum by NATO. In November, the organisers of the Farnborough airshow in Britain announced they would not include Russian military aircraft in the 2018 show.

Source: Hindustan Times January 17, 2018 10:30 UTC