Indian Air Force’s transport chopper fleet is getting a booster shot this March. A contract for the Mi-17 V5 helicopters is set to be signed soon.

“Negotiations with the Indian side on the delivery of 48 Mi-17V-5 helicopters have been completed; we expect to sign the corresponding contract in the first quarter of 2018,” CEO of Russia’s Rostec State Corporation, Sergey Chemezov, told IANS in an interview.

He also said that there is “serious modernisation potential” in the Mi-17 and Mi-8 choppers which was proven by the development of the Mi-171A2 helicopter.Click Here: New Zealand rugby store