AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

MIL Mi-26

Lift type	Rotary wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Piloted
Engine type	Turboshaft
Application	Cargo, 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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Airframer

National Centre for Helicopter Engineering, MIL (was MIL Moscow Helicopter)

News

Other aircraft programs: MIL Mi-28, MIL Mi-17/171, MIL Mi-35M

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