Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow.
Russian Helicopters plans to complete the certification of the Mi-171A3, the new offshore variant of the Mil Mi-171 heavy-transport rotorcraft, in the first half of 2023, with deliveries to its launch customer— Russian gas monopoly Gazprom—to begin the same year.
The certification of the modernized Kamov Ka-32 utility helicopter is expected to be completed in December 2022, according to Sergey Astapenkov from Mil and the Kamov National Helicopter Center.
