Military helicopters

According to a report by the Greek Military website Defencenews.gr, the Republic of Cyprus is interested in selling its 11 Mil-35PMs due to their relatively low operational availability.

According to information from the Greek defence site ‘Defence-point.gr’ the Greek Ministry of Defence has sent a Letter of Request (LoR) to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) for 70 retired OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance helicopters of the US Army.

Germany will donate four used H145M military helicopters to Serbia, the British military magazine IHS Jane's Defence Weekly writes.

Turkey's new locally-built advanced attack and tactical reconnaissance helicopter ATAK will be equipped with UMTAS, a long range air-to-surface anti-tank missile developed by Turkey's ROKETSAN, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Nov. 23. 

Test firing has already commenced, according to the report.

BELGRADE - Russian and Serbian crews have practiced cooperation in search and rescue operations at the joint BARS-2016 drills, the Russian Defense Ministry's department of information and mass communications said on Thursday.

The Serbian defence ministry told BIRN that it cannot release details of the contract to buy two Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters from Russia because they are still classified.

The Serbian Ministry of Defense has published photographs of the two new military helicopters Serbia has bought from Russia.

The two Mi-17 V5s are currently in the factory in Kazan, RF, and will be transported to Serbia aboard an airplane in June, the daily Blic is reporting.

A Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early on April 12 killing both pilots, Russia's Defence Ministry said.

The ministry said the helicopter, which crashed in Homs province, had not been shot down, but the cause of the incident was unclear. 

The Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC), a 50-50 partnership between U.K.-based Rolls-Royce and U.S.-based Honeywell, has signed an agreement with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to provide military and civilian helicopter engines.

Moscow has reportedly beefed up its military presence in the region around Turkey following economic sanctions after the Nov. 24 downing of a Russian SU-24 fighter jet by Turkey near the Syrian border.

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