In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
MOSCOW — Russian Helicopters has begun operating the new Mil Mi-38 medium helicopter with Klimov TV7-117 turboshafts. The twin-engine rotorcraft has been powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127s. The Russian engines were installed on the Mi-38 immediately before the Moscow air show, where the rotorcraft debuted. The model has been designated the Mi-382. The Mi-38 transport helicopter has been in development since the 1980s.
MOSCOW — The first two prototypes of the modernized Mil Mi-34S1 single-engine helicopter have commenced development trials. The rotorcraft is the lightest model in the Russian Helicopters product portfolio. The holding company says one of the rotorcraft completed its 23-min. first flight on Aug. 5. The other model, painted in Russian air force livery, is undergoing ground engine tests before joining the flight test program, according to Dmitry Rodin, Mi-34 program director, speaking to Aviation Week at the Moscow air show.
The first commercial outing for Phazotron-NIIR's new active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar may have ended in failure, but rather than retrenching, the Russian company plans to further exploit the technology.
