Russian Helicopters and Pratt & Whitney Canada sign contract for powering VRT500 by PW207V engines
(World News Russia)

Russian Helicopters and Pratt & Whitney Canada sign contract for powering VRT500 by PW207V engines At Dubai Airshow, VR-Technologies (part of Russian Helicopters Holding Company) and Pratt & Whitney signed a contract for fitting the cutting-edge 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. `PW200 family engines have shown excellent performance as reliable powerplants for helicopters. Currently they are being operated in more than...