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BRICS interested in helicopter production with Russia — official

ZHUKOVSKY, August 14. /ITAR-TASS/. Southeast Asia and BRICS are interested in cooperating on helicopter production with Russia, Chief Executive of Russian Helicopters Alexander Mikheev said on Thursday.

“We consider different forms of cooperation with various manufacturers,” Mikheev told Oboronexpo-2014 defense exhibition.

In the current import substitution trend, Russia would consider programs to produce everything in Russia or in the markets that traditionally used Russian helicopters, he added.

Russian Helicopters had a program approved by Rostec corporation, with state procurement and export contracts and civil helicopters being the priorities.