Back in 2001, China and Russia formed a strategic partnership, when their leaders at the time, Jiang Zemin and Vladimir Putin, signed a friendship treaty. Ever since, military and high-tech cooperation between the two countries has significantly increased. 
 

Aircraft Repair Company Trencin – LOTN are prepared to deliver the next Mi-17 helicopter to the Afghan Air Force after a general overhaul. The helicopter was repaired by the company on the basis of a contract with the NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency) won in 2016 in public tender. 
 

Kabul Airport, inside the massive silhouette of the Antonov 124, three fully refurbished Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan Air Force (AAF). 
 

Mexican President-elect Andres Mannuel Lopez Obrador plans to cancel a $1.36 billion order for 8 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for the country's Navy. The gunships, intended for use to counter the drug trade, are just too expensive, Obrador says. But are there more affordable alternatives with similar capabilities out there? Sputnik explores. 

PARIS LA DÉFENSE, France --- The Senegalese Armed Forces will train Mi-35 attack helicopter and Mi-17 transport helicopter aircrews for collective and tactical operations leveraging Thales’s expertise in training and simulation. The Thales helicopter mission trainer will enable pilots to acquire and develop the tactical skills and be mission-ready. 
 

Rosoboronexport, Rostec's member, has been named the organizer of Russia’s joint exposition at the 16th International Military Equipment exhibition DSA 2018 to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 16-19. 
 

JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is organizing the Russian exhibit at the International Air and Space Fair FIDAE 2018. The exhibition is to held on April 3-8 in the territory of the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, located in the vicinity of Santiago, Chili. It demonstrates over 200 models of the Russian armament and materiel. 
 

Russian Helicopters ramps up foreign aircraft repair volumes. In 2018, the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP), a member of the Russian Helicopters holding company, expects to double the volume of repaired vehicles up to 44. The main share of repair orders falls on foreign contracts. 
 

JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) notes the high level of military-technical cooperation with the Republic of Indonesia. 
 

Poland has planned that 32 attack helicopters will be acquired through the Kruk procurement programme. Nonetheless, the conclusions of the Strategic Defence Review document suggest that needs related to this type of armament bear even greater relevance, the Polish MoD says. 
 

MEXICO CITY --- Ahead of the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov's working visit to Mexico, the CEO of the Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) Andrey Boginsky attended the Helicopter Center of the Ministry of National Defense. The representatives of the center have commended the high quality of the major repairs to Mi-17 helicopters conducted at the Novosibirsk aircraft repair plant. 
 

“Rosoboronexport signed two contracts for the delivery of Mi-171SH military transport helicopters and air weapons to Burkina Faso. Our partners will receive 2 rotary-wing aircraft. The contracts will be executed in 2018,” said Sergey Kornev, Rosoboronexport’s Deputy Director General – Director of the Department for export of the air force special equipment and services. 
 

The Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) will demonstrate a wide range of military helicopters at the International military- technical forum "ARMY-2017" that will take place in the congress exhibition center "Patriot" in the city of Kubinka from August 22 to August 27.

JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has recorded a positive trend in the combat aviation market and now forecasts a further increase in the share of aviation equipment in the company’s overall supplies. 
 

Rosoboronexport, a member of Rostec, is going to put on display Russia’s most advanced designs at the Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia-2017 to take place at Crocus Expo, Moscow, on May 25-27. 

India and Russia are planning to sign contracts on the purchase of Russian-made Mi-17V-5 helicopters and Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates. In an interview with Sputnik, military expert Alexei Leonkov said that India is interested in a wide range of Russian military equipment.

The talks on deliveries of Russian Mi-17V-5 helicopters to Thailand are almost complete and the deal will be signed in the near future, a spokeswoman for the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said Wednesday.

The Russian Helicopters company, part of the Rostec state corporation, has started the production of the multirole Mi-171A2 helicopters and plans to produce at least four aircraft in 2017, the company's CEO Andrey Boginsky said Sunday.

India's electronic devices maker Alpha Design Technologies has signed a $30 million deal with Elbit Systems of Israel to jointly upgrade 90 Mi-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The Russian Helicopters holding company plans to deliver 220 helicopters to its customers, according to the company's CEO.

NEW DELHI --- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will reveal the mock-up of India’s first indigenous multi-role helicopter at the Aero India exhibition beginning in Bengaluru next week. The medium-category helicopter is sought after by the services, and such helicopters have so far been imported. 

Poland’s ongoing military modernization program will start off 2017 by adding two Black Hawk choppers. The two helicopters are set to join a 16 chopper fleet that can replace the aging fleet of Mi-8, Mi-14 and Mi-17 aircraft.

The Russian Helicopters company, part of the Rostec state corporation, is taking part in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017 regional investment forum in India's Gujarat state, the company said Tuesday.
 

Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said that Afghanistan has no alternative to Russian arms in the nearest decades.

According to the holding's press service, Russian Helicopters and the Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) signed a deal regulating the repair and modernization of Russian aircraft in Iran.
 

Russia sees the prospects for possibly renewing a helicopter project and other forms of cooperation with NATO and the United States on Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s director of the Second Asian Department said.