ARSENYEV, Primorye Region — A holiday atmosphere filled the air as people carrying red, white and yellow balloons filled tidy streets in Arsenyev, a small town in the Primorye region, ignoring a thick fog covering the five-story Soviet-era apartment buildings.Yury Denisenko, managing director of Progress, the local helicopter plant, knew that even the fog was unlikely to spoil the day. Read more »

Russiaaims to become one of the world leaders in the helicopter and engine industry by 2020, and secure the competitiveness of our high-tech products on the world markets for the next 40-50 years. This is the ambitious objective set byAndrey Reus, head of OBORONPROM Corporation. He spoke to Rossiyskaya Gazeta following the conclusion of the MAKS-2011 international aerospace exhibition in Zhukovskiy, Moscow Region, about how all these goals will be achieved. Read more »

This list, which reflects 2010 figures, was published July 25, 2011. Revenue figures are in millions of U.S. dollars. Currency conversions for non-U.S. firms calculated using average market conversion rates over each firm's fiscal year to mitigate the effects of currency fluctuations.Rank Read more »

A Russian crew has successfully returned a NATO chopper to its airbase in Kandahar after the craft came under attack. The Dutch helicopter was damaged by gunfire in Southern Afghanistan. After being shot at, the Cougar helicopter made an emergency landing at an American military camp. It took the Russian Mi-26 half an hour to bring the 10-ton Cougar back. The Russian helicopter has been on similar rescue missions before, moving three of the U.S.'s largest Chinook helicopters - including one this October. The helicopter has been serving NATO troops in Afghanistan for more than three years. Read more »