The United Engine Corporation (UEC) of the Rostec State Corporation has completed bench tests of the VK-2500P engine, which will be installed on the newest Mi-28NM attack helicopter ("Night Hunter" ). The engine fully complies with the declared characteristics and is ready for mass production.
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The VK-2500P helicopter engine is the most advanced modification of the VK-2500 engine, which is installed on many of the Mi and Ka helicopter families and has improved characteristics. The power plant has a modernised automatic control system and a protective system that restores the normal operation of the engine when it stops, when powder and exhaust gases get in and when a surge occurs. The modernisation of the engine was carried out taking into account the experience of using the helicopter in Syria.
“The engine implements solutions that allow controlling the resource characteristics depending on specific operating conditions. In terms of its technical capabilities and performance, VK-2500P meets the most modern requirements for helicopter engines. At present, we have already started assembling the first serial samples," said the executive director of JSC UEC-Klimov, Alexander Vatagin.
The Mi-28NM is produced by the Russian Helicopters Holding company, which is part of Rostec State Corporation. The modernised "Night Hunter" is a combat complex, the development of which took into account the experience of using helicopters in real operations. The helicopter is capable of performing a wide range of tasks - from air reconnaissance and target designation to the destruction of ground and air targets.
Russian Helicopters Holding announced in September that it had started the serial production of upgraded Mi-28NM attack helicopter. The CEO of Russian Helicopters Andrei Boginsky said that the Holding will provide 98 helicopters by 2027.
In May the Holding had said that the helicopter would be equipped with several new types of missiles. Last year, it was reported that the “superhunter” will be adopted by the Hermes-A, also known as the “Product 305”. The firing range of such ammunition will allow the Mi-28NM to attack targets at a distance of 15-20 km. It will also become possible to use the long-range ATGM Chrysanthemum-VM.
