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MIL Mi-26

Lift typeRotary wing
Construction typeFactory-built
Control typePiloted
Engine typeTurboshaft
ApplicationCargo, Military Transport, Tanker, Utility
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Twin turboshaft heavy lift helicopter.

Type variants

Variant Launch/First flight Production end  
MIL Mi-26 1970 / 1977 Basic military transport variant.
MIL Mi-i-26T2 2015 / 2015 Upgraded variant with newer avionics and engines.
MIL Mi-26T2V 2018 / 2018 Further enhanced variant for Russian military, with modernised avionics suite and upgraded cockpit.

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Operations data

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Supply chain

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Power Systems / Engines

Ivchenko Progress Zaporozhye Analysis Turboshaft Engines: (D-136 - MIL Mi-26 - D-136; MIL Mi-26T2V - D-136-2; MIL Mi-i-26T2 - D-136-2 )
Motor Sich JSC Analysis Turboshaft Engines: (D-136 - MIL Mi-26 - D-136; MIL Mi-26T2V - D-136; MIL Mi-i-26T2 - D-136 )

Power Systems / Rotors & Propellers

Rostvertol Rostov Helicopter Plant JSC Analysis Helicopter Rotors: Main rotor blade sets
UFA Engine Industrial Association Analysis Rotor Hub Assemblies: Swash plate, fan with drive shaft and main rotor brake

Production / Manufacturing Services

Rostvertol Rostov Helicopter Plant JSC Analysis Final Assembly: Production and final assembly
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