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A Ka-50 provided cover for the landing of troops and then worked on the ground targets using its cannons and rockets. [20] India issued a request for proposal for 22 attack helicopters for the Indian Air Force in May 2008. [111] The Ka-50, the Mil Mi-28, and the Eurocopter Tiger were the front-runners for this order as of October 2008. [112]
naval transport and utility helicopter Ka-90 High-speed helicopter project. Ka-92 passenger helicopter Ka-115 Moskvichka 1990s light multi-purpose helicopter Ka-118 1980s-1990s A NOTAR development - light multirole helicopter Ka-126 1980s Light utility helicopter. NATO reporting name Hoodlum-B. Ka-128 light utility helicopter (one prototype ...
The V-80Sh-1 prototype version was the configuration used for the Ka-50 production version. Production of the attack helicopter was ordered by the Soviet Council of Ministers on 14 December 1987. Following initial flight testing and system tests the Council ordered the first batch of the helicopter in 1990.
Kamov was founded by Nikolai Ilyich Kamov, who started building his first rotary-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii.Up to 1940, the year of Kamov plant establishment, they created many autogyros, including the TsAGI A-7-3, the only armed autogyro to see (limited) combat action.
A Ukrainian Navy Kamov Ka-27. A coaxial-rotor aircraft is an aircraft whose rotors are mounted one above the other on concentric shafts, with the same axis of rotation, but turning in opposite directions (contra-rotating). This rotor configuration is a feature of helicopters produced by the Russian Kamov helicopter design bureau.
Honeywell further modified the QAH-1S into the Hokum-X by installing systems and hardware to allow it to simulate the Russian Kamov Ka-50 attack helicopter. Three Hokum-Xs were completed from 1998 to 2001. [84] [85] AH-1P
By contrast, the Ka-52 Alligator (NATO codename ‘Hokum’) is the most advanced helicopter in use by either side in the war in Ukraine, alongside the rarer Mi-28 ‘Havoc’.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83 General characteristics Crew: 1 (optionally 2) Capacity: 6 or 7 pax when passenger module fitted / 2 stretcher patients, 2 seated patients and medical attendant / 900 kg (1,984 lb) pax or liquid chemical / 1,065 kg (2,348 lb) dusting or with platform / 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) with slung load Length: 7.75 m (25 ft 5 in) fuselage Width: 3.64 m (11 ...