The Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Center for the repair of helicopter engines produced by UEC-Klimov JSC (part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) located in the Vietnamese city of Vũng Tàu, has already performed the overhaul of five engines.
Earlier this year, the new center was certified by the Aviation Administration of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It is equipped with all the necessary machinery, spare parts and units to repair engines designed by UEC-Klimov.
The medium repair of TV3-117 and VK-2500 type engines operated in Vietnam, is performed by UEC-Klimov professionals. The Russian side supplies parts and assemblies, spare parts, trains personnel on the maintenance of engines and main gearboxes.
The Vietnamese side provided support staff for auxiliary works. Vietnamese experts have already received UEC-Klimov certificates of successful orientation on the medium repair of the engines. They helped Russian staff to successfully carry out a pilot repair of the first TV3-117VM ser.02 engine for the Mi-17-1V helicopter, which is operated by Vietnamese civil aviation for passenger traffic. The engine was damaged due to an intrusion of a foreign object.
In October 2018, UEC-Klimov JSC and the Vietnamese Helicopter Technical Service Company signed a distribution agreement for the service maintenance of engines. Helicopter Technical Service Company, which hosts the ILS Center, focuses on the service maintenance of Russian-made helicopters. It acts as a distributor of TV3-117 and VK-2500 engines.
when they are operated in highland areas with hot climate.
UEC-Klimov JSC is an enterprise of Russian engine manufacturing industry focused on the design and production of gas turbine engines and control systems for airplanes and helicopters. It comprises a design bureau and cutting edge production and experimental facilities. The company has developed helicopter engines of the series TV3-117 / VK-2500, VK-2500PS-03, TV7-117V, aircraft engines RD-33, and TV7-117S / SM / CT and their control systems. The quality management system at UEC-Klimov is certified to the international standard AS 9100 rev.D.
United Engine Corporation JSC (included in Rostec State Corporation) is an integrated enterprise specialized in the design, serial production and service maintenance of engines used in military and civil aviation, space programs and the navy, as well as in the oil and gas and power engineering industries. One of the priorities of the UEC activity is the implementation of comprehensive development programs for enterprises of the industry including the introduction of new technologies that meet international standards.
Rostec State Corporation is a Russian corporation, established in 2007 to promote the development, production and export of high-tech industrial products for civilian and military use. It includes 15 holding companies and more than 80 directly managed organizations, a total of more than 700 organizations in 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation specialized in the field of military, civil and dual-use products. Rostec’s portfolio includes such well-known brands as AVTOVAZ, KAMAZ, Kalashnikov Concern, Russian Helicopters, Uralvagonzavod, etc. In 2017, the consolidated revenue of Rostec reached RUB1,589 bn, its consolidated net profit totaled RUB121 bn, and EBITDA was RUB305 bn. According to Rostec’s strategy, the main objective of the Corporation is to ensure Russia’s technological advantage in highly competitive global markets. One of the key objectives of Rostec is the introduction of a new technological ways and the digitization of the Russian economy.
