Northern Fleet inducts Ka-27M

One of the first batch of upgraded Ka-27Ms, ‘44 Yellow’, during operations late last year. The upgraded helicopter features an entirely new mission system. Russian Helicopters THE RUSSIAN Navy’s Northern Fleet has received the first examples of the upgraded Ka-27M shipborne helicopter from the Kumertau Aircraft Production Enterprise (KumAPP). The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that Northern Fleet pilots have begun training on the modernised helicopters at the naval aviation training centre in Yeysk, and will begin operations from Northern