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Russia to Deliver 46 Ka-52K Katran Hokum-B Ship-Borne Helicopters to Egypt for Mistral LHDs.
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Naval
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Russia
to Deliver 46 Ka-52K Katran Hokum-B Ship-Borne Helicopters to Egypt
for Mistral LHDs |
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Russia has signed an agreement with Egypt for delivery of forty-six
Kamov Ka-52K navalized attack helicopters, the Director General of the
JSC Russian Helicopters holding company, Alexander Mikheyev, said on
Wednesday. The Ka-52K Katran (Nato reporting name: Hokum-B) is the naval
variant of the Ka-52 Alligator designed for the French-made Mistral
LHDs which the Egyptian Navy recently acquired (and which were
originally intended for the Russian Navy). |
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Russian Navy's new Ka-52K Hokum B Naval Attack Helicopter during its first test flight |
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"In
this knotty situation, we've managed to keep up the financial parameters
reached previously and to broaden the presence of Russian helicopter
technologies in the world market," he said. "For instance,
a large agreement for delivery of forty-six Ka-52 Alligator helicopters
has been signed with Egypt through [the state weaponry trading company]
Rosoboronexport." |
The navalised version of the Alligator features a folding rotor head and folding stub-wings. Image: KRET |
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In
the summer, a source in the military diplomatic milieu told TASS Egypt
had commissioned Ka-52 helicopters to Russia. Another source said several
months later the case in hand was 50 helicopters and the handover of the
sea-based version of the Ka-52 developed and built for deployment aboard
the Mistral class helicopter carriers built in France upon an order from
the Russian Navy The Ka-52K helicopter is a ship-based version of the Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter. Unlike the baseline helicopter, the Ka-52K rotorcraft features folding main rotor blades and wing panels. The Ka-52K helicopter has reinforced landing gear. The helicopter is capable of launching Kh-38 and Kh-35 cruise missiles. Previously, these missiles could be launched only from the board of Mikoyan MiG-29K/KUB (Fulcrum-D) ship-based multipurpose fighter jets or aircraft of the Sukhoi Su-30 (Flanker-C) family. |
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The two Mistral class LHDs for the Egyptian Navy. Picture: DCNS / STX |
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