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The deadlines for testing the upgraded Ka-52M

The deadlines for testing the upgraded Ka-52M
Development and testing of the first prototypes of the modernized Ka-52M helicopter “alligator” with new weapons will be completed by the end 2022 of the year. According to the government procurement portal, The Mil and Kamov National Center for Helicopter Engineering has placed an order for the manufacture and testing of two Ka-52M prototypes, created on the basis of serial machines.

according to the document, revision of serial cars into a modernized version should be completed by the end 2020 of the year, then preliminary flight and joint state tests will follow. During the modernization, the helicopter will receive new on-board systems: navigational, sighting, fire control and communication system, as well as new weapons. In this case, the machine will retain the previous glider., but will get additional fuel tanks.

The full test program should be completed in September 2022 of the year. In total, it is planned to get into service 114 modernized helicopters.

The creation of a new version of the Ka-52 helicopter became known in 2018 year. According to the CEO of the holding “Russian Helicopters” Andrew Boginsky, defense Department, having studied the experience of using helicopters in combat conditions in the Syrian Arab Republic, set before the designers the task of creating a modernized version, which will take into account the proposals of the flight and engineering staff, who participated in the battles.

As previously reported on numerous occasions, unlike its predecessor, the Ka-52 helicopter, the modernized Ka-52M received enhanced booking and a new on-board defense system, protecting the car from anti-aircraft missiles. Armament was unified with another rotorcraft – Mi-28nm. Long-range missiles will enter the arsenal of the Ka-52M “Hermes-A”, guided anti-tank “Whirlwind-M”, and “article 305” – aircraft cruise missile with a range of up to 100 km.

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