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International Modifications
Canada
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Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-17KF
   upgrade by Kelowna Flightcraft

   upgrade with advanced avionics and electrical systems
   for type certification according to the FAA Part 29 airworthiness regulations
   first built 1997

   modified aircraft: 1

China
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-171
   

   command version
   first built 2008 (?)

   modified aircraft: 1

   Mi-171
   

   upgrade with modified self-defence equipment
   

   modified aircraft

   Mi-171

   combat support version armed with eight TY-90 AAMs
   (prototype within the Z-10 program)
   first built 2008 (?)

   modified aircraft: 1

Czechoslovakia
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Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-17Z-2
   

   electronic intelligence and electronic countermeasures version
   

   modified aircraft: 2

Czech Republic
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-17SOR
   upgrade by LOM Praha

   upgrade with new navigation / communication systems and
   modified self-defence equipment
   first built 2001 (?)

   modified aircraft

   Mi-17
   upgrade by LOM Praha

   upgrade for the Afghan National Army Air Corps
   first built 2007

   modified aircraft: 6

   Mi-171Sh
   upgrade by LOM Praha

   upgrade with new cockpit lay-out, modified communication, navigation and
   identification systems, NVG improvement and advanced self-defence equipment
   first built 2008

   modified aircraft: 5

Finland
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Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-8T
   

   transport version with undernose weather radar (1st version)
   

   modified aircraft: 4

   Mi-8T
   

   transport version with undernose weather radar (2nd version)
   and non-standard equipment
   

   modified aircraft: 8

   Mi-8PS
   

   passenger-salon version with undernose weather radar (2nd version)
   and non-standard equipment
   

   modified aircraft: 2

Israel
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-17 "PEAK-17"
   upgrade by Israel Aerospace Industries

   upgrade with modular avionics system based on "Glass Cockpit" concept,
   advanced electronic warfare suite and flexible armament package
   first built 2000

   modified aircraft: 1

   Mi-17 "MISSION PLUS"
   upgrade by Israel Aerospace Industries

   upgrade with modular avionics system based on "Glass Cockpit" concept,
   advanced electronic warfare suite and flexible armament package
   first built 2006

   modified aircraft: 1

   Mi-172 "ANDOR"
   upgrade by Elbit Systems

   modular modernization with Electro-Optic Payload, advanced avionics,
   weather radar, flexible weapon systems and new electronic warfare suite
   first built 2000

   modified aircraft: 1

Lithuania
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-8MTV-1
   upgrade by Aviabaltika Kaunas

   electronic intelligence version
   

   modified aircraft

   Mi-8T
   upgrade by Aviabaltika Kaunas

   search and rescue version
   first built 2008 (?)

   modified aircraft

Poland
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-8D
   upgrade by Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr.1 Łódź

   command version
   

   modified aircraft

   Mi-8T RL    [ 1 ]
   upgrade by Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr.1 Łódź

   land search and rescue version
   first built ?

   modified aircraft: 1

   Mi-8PS RL    [ 1 ]
   upgrade by Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr.1 Łódź

   land search and rescue version
   first built ?

   modified aircraft: 3

   Mi-17AE
   upgrade by Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr.1 Łódź

   MEDEVAC version
   first built 2006

   modified aircraft: 2

Slovakia
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-17M
   upgrade by Letecké opravovne Trenčín

   upgrade with new navigation / communication systems and
   modified self-defence equipment
   first built 2001 (?)

   modified aircraft

   Mi-17 ELINT    [ 1 ]
   upgrade by Letecké opravovne Trenčín

   electronic intelligence version
   first built 2001

   modified aircraft: 1

   Mi-17 LZPS
   upgrade by Letecké opravovne Trenčín

   search and rescue version
   first built 2006

   modified aircraft: 4

South Africa
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   Mi-171Sh
   upgrade by Advanced Technologies and Engineering

   upgrade package with modern avionics, improved observation and
   sighting systems and flexible armament
   first built 2007

   modified aircraft

Yugoslavia
Canada | China | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republik | Finland | Israel | Lithuania
Poland | Slovakia | South Africa | Yugoslavia

   HT-40E
   

   electronic intelligence and electronic countermeasures version
   

   modified aircraft: 4

  Notes:  
[1] unofficial type designation used by Helicopter-DataBase.Net
Page last updated 05 July 2010