Manufacturer catalog

Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters is a Moscow-based Rostec holding company that consolidates Russia's main helicopter design bureaus, assembly plants, component producers, repair plants, and service organizations for civil and military rotorcraft.

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Russian Helicopters was established in 2007 as a holding company for the Russian helicopter industry. Its own materials describe it as Russia's sole rotorcraft designer and manufacturer, with the ability to design, manufacture, service, and test modern civil and military helicopters.

The holding's catalog relevance comes from its military helicopter production chain. Russian Helicopters lists Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company as the producer of the Ka-52 Alligator, Kazan Helicopters and Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant as Mi-8/17 family production sites, and Rostvertol as a producer of Mi-26, Mi-35M, and Mi-28NE helicopters.

This builder page records the industrial context behind the manufacturer facet. Conflict-specific use, operators, and battlefield sourcing remain in the individual weapon entries.

Military helicoptersCivil helicoptersAttack helicoptersTransport and utility helicoptersRotorcraft design and testingHelicopter componentsMaintenance and after-sales support

Notable Systems

Ka-52, Attack and reconnaissance helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

Ka-52 Alligator

Attack and reconnaissance helicopter

Russian Helicopters lists Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company as producing the Ka-52 Alligator, tying the holding to the catalog's Ka-52 entry.

Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page, OFAC Russia defense-industrial base release

Mi-8/17 family

Russian Helicopters describes the Mi-8/17 as one of its core product families and lists Kazan Helicopters and Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant as production sites for Mi-8/17 variants.

Sources: Russian Helicopters about page, Russian Helicopters structure page

Mi-28NE Night Hunter

The official structure page identifies Rostvertol inside the holding as a producer of the Mi-28NE Night Hunter military helicopter.

Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page

Mi-35M

The official structure page identifies Rostvertol inside the holding as a producer of the Mi-35M military helicopter.

Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page

Mi-26 series

Russian Helicopters describes the Mi-26T as a heavy-lift helicopter capable of transporting up to 20 tons of cargo and lists Rostvertol as a Mi-26 series production site.

Sources: Russian Helicopters about page, Russian Helicopters structure page

Manufacturer History

  1. Holding company established

    Russian Helicopters' 2015 annual report says the holding was established in 2007 while combining enterprises with decades of helicopter-industry history.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters 2015 annual report

  2. Official materials described full-spectrum helicopter industry coverage

    The 2015 annual report described a Moscow-headquartered holding with five helicopter plants, two design bureaus, component production, maintenance, service, and aircraft repair enterprises.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters 2015 annual report

  3. U.S. Treasury designated Russian Helicopters

    OFAC designated Russian Helicopters in March 2022, describing it as a state-owned holding company overseeing design, manufacturing, testing, and maintenance of civil and military helicopters.

    Sources: OFAC Russia defense-industrial base release

  4. Official site lists current production facilities

    Russian Helicopters' current structure page lists National Helicopter Center Mil and Kamov, Progress, Kazan Helicopters, Rostvertol, Kumertau, Ulan-Ude, Reductor-PM, Stupino, and HeliVert among the holding's organizations.

    Sources: Russian Helicopters structure page

Subsidiaries
National Helicopter Center Mil and KamovProgress Arsenyev Aviation CompanyKazan HelicoptersRostvertolKumertau Aviation Production EnterpriseUlan-Ude Aviation PlantReductor-PMStupino Machine Production PlantHelicopter Service Company
Website links
Official about pageOfficial structure pageOfficial helicopter catalogOFAC sanctions record

Russian Helicopters is a state-owned Rostec defense holding and a sanctioned entity, so public sourcing mixes official company materials with sanctions records. The profile keeps legal names and transliterations as aliases, avoids unsourced headquarters coordinates, and leaves conflict-use claims to weapon entries.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Russian Helicopters about pagePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Official company background source for Rostec ownership, Moscow headquarters, rotorcraft design/manufacturing/service scope, market-position claims, and key production facilities. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Russian Helicopters structure pagePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Official structure source for Mil and Kamov design work, Progress production of Ka-52, Kazan and Ulan-Ude Mi-8/17 production, Rostvertol Mi-26/Mi-35M/Mi-28NE production, and component/service entities. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Russian Helicopters catalog pagePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Official product portfolio source for current civil and utility helicopter families including Ansat, Ka-62, Ka-32A11BC, Mi-171A2, Mi-38, Mi-26T, Mi-8/17, and Ka-226T. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Russian Helicopters 2015 annual reportPublisher: Russian Helicopters / Moscow Exchange | Note: Annual-report source for the 2007 establishment date, Moscow headquarters, plant/design-bureau/service structure, defense and civilian customer context, and 2015 production milestones. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OFAC Russia defense-industrial base releasePublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Government source describing Russian Helicopters as a state-owned holding company for civil and military helicopter design, manufacturing, testing, and maintenance, and listing designated subsidiaries. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OFAC Russian Helicopters sanctions recordPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Sanctions-list source for legal names, aliases, registration/tax identifiers, Rostec linkage, and Moscow addresses used in the profile's alias and source-note context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenSanctions Russian Helicopters profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Aggregated sanctions-reference source used to cross-check aliases, incorporation date, identifiers, and sanctions-list context for this hard-to-source state-owned defense holding. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Commons Russian Helicopters English logoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and reuse source for the English Russian Helicopters wordmark; Commons lists it as a public-domain textlogo from the company press kit while noting possible trademark restrictions. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Ka-52, Attack and reconnaissance helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarKa-52Attack and reconnaissance helicopterBuilt in: RussiaThe Ka-52 is a Russian two-seat attack and reconnaissance helicopter derived from the Ka-50 and built around a coaxial rotor layout, side-by-side crew cockpit, 30 mm cannon, and guided-missile hardpoints. In the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War it became one of Russia's most visible rotary-wing strike platforms, especially in southern Ukraine where Ka-52 and Ka-52M crews used longer-range anti-tank missiles against Ukrainian ground forces.
Ka-29, Shipborne assault transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKa-29Shipborne assault transport helicopterBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe Ka-29 is a Kamov shipborne assault transport helicopter derived from the Ka-27 naval helicopter family, combining troop carriage with rockets, gun pods, machine guns, and Shturm anti-tank missile provisions. In the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War it appears mainly in the Black Sea naval-air-defense problem set, where Russian Ka-29 crews have been reported hunting Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels and one aircraft was downed near Anapa during a large Ukrainian drone attack in June 2024.