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{{Short description|Russian designer and producer of helicopters}}
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| logo = Логотип Московского вертолётного завода имени М. Л. Миля.png
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| type = [[Joint-stock company]]
| industry = [[Aerospace]]
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1947}}
| founder = [[Mikhail Mil]]
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| hq_location_city = [[Tomilino]]
| hq_location_country = Russia
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'''Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant''' ({{langx|ru|Московский вертолётный завод им. М.&nbsp;Л. Миля}}) is a Russian designer and producer of helicopters headquartered in [[Tomilino]]. It is a subsidiary of [[Russian Helicopters]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MIL Moscow Helicopter Plant, Joint-Stock Company|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=35577248|website=Bloomberg|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref>

The Moscow Mil Helicopter Plant includes a design bureau and an experimental production plant. The Mil Design Bureau is one of the world's leading developers of helicopters, with particular expertise in heavy-lift helicopters. It has developed both civil and military versions in a wide range of payload capacities, including the world's largest in serial production, the [[Mi-26]].<ref name="rdbd1145">{{cite web|title=Russian Defense Business Directory|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/industry/docs/rus95/index.html|website=Federation of American Scientists|publisher=US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration|access-date=21 July 2017|date=May 1995}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

Ninety-five percent of the helicopters in the former Soviet Union were built to Mil designs. Series production facilities for Mil-designed helicopters include [[Rostvertol]] in Rostov-on-Don, the [[Kazan Helicopters|Kazan Helicopter Production Association]], and the [[Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant]].<ref name="rdbd1145"/> Mil participates in the Euromil joint venture with [[Eurocopter]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

==History==
Mil was established in 1947 under the guidance of [[Mikhail Mil]] as the helicopter laboratory of the [[Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute]] in [[Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast]].<ref name="rbth15">{{cite news|last1=Vershinin|first1=Alexander|title=The Moscow helicopter factory that put the 'Mil' in military aviation|url=https://www.rbth.com/defence/2015/08/31/the_moscow_helicopter_factory_that_put_the_mil_in_military_aviation_48873.html|access-date=20 October 2017|publisher=Russia Beyond the Headlines|date=31 August 2015}}</ref> 

The [[Mil Mi-1]] became the first mass-produced Soviet helicopter.<ref name="rbth15"/> The [[Mi-8]] helicopter, designed in the early 1960s, was a successful design in both military and civil applications, with over 12,000 units being produced.<ref name="rbth15"/>

Mil merged with [[Kamov]] and [[Rostvertol]] to form [[Russian Helicopters]] in 2006.<ref>Aviation Week 2005/12/05</ref> The Mil brand name has been retained, although the new company eliminated overlapping product lines.

==See also==
* [[List of Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant aircraft]]

==References==
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