AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| 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.
| 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. |
View full news archive for the MIL Mi-26.
| National Centre for Helicopter Engineering, MIL | News |
Other aircraft programs: MIL Mi-28, MIL Mi-17/171, MIL Mi-35M
| 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 ) |
| 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 |
| Rostvertol Rostov Helicopter Plant JSC | Analysis | Final Assembly: Production and final assembly |
