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Z-17 Chinese Medium Helicopter

Government-funded Chinese Medium Helicopter program in the 5.5 ton class, for civil and military applications. Design institutes 602 and 608 have been working on the program, with Western avionics planned. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Agusta, which will provide transmissions and technical support. No design details yet available, but a prototype was scheduled to fly in late 2003. If there ever was a "Z-17 Chinese Medium Helicopter" the program seems to have been either confused with or overtaken by the Z-15.