UEC will supply prototype engines for Ansat in the third quarter of 2023. This is stated in the company's message.
The start of flight tests of this import-substituted helicopter with the VK—650V engine produced by the St. Petersburg company ODK-Klimov is scheduled for the end of 2023.
In 2024, it is planned to obtain a type certificate and carry out a complex of works to expand the characteristics of the engine, as well as prepare its serial production.
The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of Rostec State Corporation) is an integrated structure specializing in the development, serial manufacture and maintenance of engines for military and civil aviation, space programs and the navy, as well as the oil and gas industry and energy.
Rostec State Corporation is an industrial company in Russia. It unites more than 800 scientific and industrial organizations in 60 regions of the country. The key areas of activity are aircraft engineering, radio electronics, medical technologies, innovative materials. The corporation's portfolio includes such brands as AVTOVAZ, KAMAZ, UAC, Russian Helicopters, UEC, Uralvagonzavod, Roselectronics, Shvabe, Kalashnikov Concern. The corporation's products are supplied to more than 100 countries around the world.