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Defence company
Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
(
Russian
:
Московский вертолётный завод им. М. Л. Миля
) is a Russian, and formerly
Soviet
, designer and producer of helicopters headquartered in
Tomilino
. It is a subsidiary of
Russian Helicopters
.
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The Moscow Mil Helicopter Plant includes a design bureau and an experimental production plant. The Mil Design Bureau is one of the world's leading developers of helicopters, with particular expertise in heavy-lift helicopters. It has developed both civil and military versions in a wide range of payload capacities, including the world's largest in serial production, the
Mi-26
.
[3]
Ninety-five percent of the helicopters in the former Soviet Union were built to Mil designs. Series production facilities for Mil-designed helicopters include
Rostvertol
in Rostov-on-Don, the
Kazan Helicopter Production Association
, and the
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
.
[3]
Mil participates in the Euromil joint venture with
Eurocopter
.
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citation needed
]
History
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Mil was established in 1947 under the guidance of
Mikhail Mil
as the helicopter laboratory of the
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
in
Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast
.
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The
Mil Mi-1
became the first mass-produced Soviet helicopter.
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The
Mi-8
helicopter, designed in the early 1960s, was a successful design in both military and civil applications, with over 12,000 units being produced.
[4]
Mil merged with
Kamov
and
Rostvertol
to form
Russian Helicopters
in 2006.
[5]
The Mil brand name has been retained, although the new company eliminated overlapping product lines.
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