The modernized Ka-32A11M firefighting helicopter presented by Russian Helicopters at the Dubai Airshow has attracted increased attention among foreign guests. In particular, US pilots have shown great interest in the vehicle, Maxim Andrianov, head of the international marketing department of Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec) told Sputnik.
Seventy five years ago in 1948, the Soviet government formally established an organization that would proceed to create probably some of the most efficient military helicopters in the world – the Kamov Design Bureau, initially known simply as OKB Number 2.