VR-Technologies, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters Holding Company, and Pratt & Whitney signed a contract for fitting the light VRT500 helicopter with gas-turbine PW207V engines. PW207V is the advanced modification of PW200 family engines with the capacity of up to 700 hp designed for light-class rotorcraft. All in all, over 5 thousand powerplants of this type have been produced by now. They clocked more than 11 mln flight hours.  Andrey Boginsky, director general of Russian Helicopters Holding Company, said: “PW200 family engines have shown excellent performance as reliable powerplants for helicopters. “Currently they are being operated in more than 80 countries worldwide which should considerably simplify the certification of VRT500 and

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