Russian Helicopters plans to build a helicopter training center for the Peruvian military, the company announced Thursday.

The center will allow Peruvian pilots to train on the Russian-made Mi-171SH helicopter, the company, part of the state-run Rostec, said in a statement.

The center will be based in Lima and construction will begin after Peru tackles a few formalities that are part of the agreement.

Russian Helicopters' agreement with Peru calls for the center to be built during the second half of 2017.

The center comes after both sides signed a deal for 24 of the helicopters.

Russian Helicopters was founded in 2007 and includes five helicopter production facilities across Russia.

Helibras debuts first H225M helicopter for Brazilian navy
Itajub�, Brazil (UPI) Oct 27, 2016 - Helibras debuted its first armed H225M helicopter for the Brazilian navy Tuesday, the company announced.

Under the H-XBR designation, the helicopter is the most complex ever produced and developed by the company's engineering center, Helibras said in a statement.

The helicopter was developed specifically for naval missions and features an APS-143 patrol radar, chaff and flare countermeasures and is armed with two missiles.

The aircraft, known as BRA-05, will be officially delivered to the navy in 2018. Systems will continue evaluation and certification through next year.

It is part of a 50-unit order that Helibras is under contract for with the Brazilian defense ministry.

Helibras, an Airbus Helicopters subsidiary, began producing the military H225M model in 2012.