13 May 2014 11:23

New helicopter cluster to be established in southern Russia near Bataisk

MOSCOW. May 13 (Interfax-AVN) - The Rostov-on-Don plant Rosvertol will be the basis for establishing a promising helicopter cluster, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Yuri Slyusar said at a news conference at the central office of Interfax on Tuesday.

"We have the St. Petersburg economic forum opening soon. And we are preparing to sign a memorandum on the start of work to create a new helicopter cluster in the city of Bataisk," Slyusar said.

"The project itself started as a transfer of the production site of military helicopters from Rostov-on-Don to Bataisk," the deputy minister said.