NEW DELHI, Dec. 11 – RIA Novosti. India is in agreement with the Russian Federation will produce on its territory Mi-17 and Ka-226T, and the cars of family “Kamov” will be produced up to 400 a year, told reporters on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

An agreement on the issue of helicopters was reached after talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who passed on Thursday.

“There are two contracts. One – Mi-17, in which they (Indian side) really need, and the second – the Ka-226T. It’s a big contract to build on the territory of India” – Rogozin said. It is planned to produce annually about 400 pieces.

Deputy Prime Minister said that initially, when India announced a tender for the helicopters of this type, the main competitor of the Russian aircraft was a helicopter “Eurocopter”. However, he said, due to the unique characteristics of the Ka-226 and special requests of the Indian side the tender was canceled and it was agreed on the deployment of India’s production of Russian cars.

Rogozin said that the helicopter will be in the sea and the mountain modification.

Source : RIA Novosti