Brazil considering aquisition of additional Mi-35′s

DATELINE: FARNBOROUGH July 26

Russian state-owned arms trader Rosoboronexport does not rule out the possibility that Brazil could purchase an additional batch of Mil Mi-35 helicopters.

“Brazil is now considering the possibility of acquiring an additional batch of helicopters but this is all at the talking stage, so it is premature to speak of numbers,” head of the Rosoboronexport Air Force Property Export Department Sergei Kornev told Interfax-AVN at the Farnborough International Airshow.

He said that a contract for the delivery of 12 Mi-35M helicopters was signed. “We delivered the first batch of three Mi-35 helicopters.

They were transferred at a special ceremony attended by the Brazilian defense minister the general director of Rosoboronexport, and the first deputy head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. It was an important historic event,” Kornev said.

The Mi-35M is a strike helicopter for round-the-clock operations.

Helicopters of this type are used by the Russian Air Force and CIS nations and in some countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Source: Interfax-AVN