KIEV, March 24 – Zaporizhia’s Motor Sich plans to finish certification of the MS-500V engine for Ansat type light helicopters of by late 2010, the company told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

"Our task is to ensure the observation of a strict schedule of certification work for the MS-500V, foreseeing the completion of certification in 2010. The exhibiting of the engine at the last year's MAKS international aviation and space salon in Russia aroused great interest from our colleagues – engine builders – and designers and aircraft operators.